Provari Ordered

[VE Jason]

Looking good Curtis

I reckon within 2 months you will be a proud Provari owner

[curtisdon1]

Let's hope so Jason,

[Lilac]

I've emailed David to ask if he'd ship the Provari with a value of $20

It really sticks in my throat the thought of customs charges on top of the price, robbing barstewards

[Perpetua]

Go for it Lilac . . . it is a cracking mod!

I also went for the expensive shipping option, which proved to be a bit of a waste . . . 3 days from the US to UK, 8 days in Customs . . . but the wait was well worth it!

The odd thing, I phoned Parcelforce when it finally cleared and the woman said I needed to pay duty . . . it was then delivered with a big sticker on the box saying - not to be delivered until duty had been paid.

Which I hadn't and still haven't . . . but a letter could still be coming my way I suppose.

[curtisdon1]

No Perpy you'll be fine its just slipped through the system and you've got away with it,
I'm going to make sure mine does exactly the same

[Perpetua]

Woooo hoooo!

Thanks for that Curtis! It's a rare thing for me to get away with anything!!

[curtisdon1]

Lol, I'm glad you got away with it, I get put on the job of writing the cards out for customs charges at work sometimes and I hate it, as if they aren't making enough money already, I know mine wont be getting written out it'll be goin straight in the bin

[Aldo]

Lilac,
David said he would ship mine as a gift perhaps he can do the same for you?
I don't really care about customs charges.... What really upsets me is the fact I may have to pay +23% of the price in VAT ! :s
o0
GOD BLESS EU !

[Perpetua]

My Guardian Angel must have been looking out for me that day Curtis.

The irksome part of the Customs duty, isn't so much the VAT levied, but the additional £13.50 handling charge.

When you've already paid to have it delivered to your door!

[curtisdon1]

It is cheeky Perpy and and a real money spinner for royal mail aswell, it's like if you under pay postage on a letter now by 22p they charge you 1.22p for the £1 handling fee, scandalous!!

[spikeychops]

Seems to me that RM and / or Parcelforce make these charges up almost arbitrarily.

Perpy had a RM 'mishandling' fee of £13.50, on 'another forum' it was £14, mine was £8..?

Perhaps a trainee was the one who tore into my box...i'll rephrase that i think...who ripped my package to shreds...err..

[Perpetua]

Agree there Spikey, these excess charges are made up as they go along it would appear, considering we all had the same value declared on our parcels.

[spikeychops]

Yep, bit weird isn't it.

Ah well, it was worth it in the end.

[clockworks]

Different companies have different fees. Royal Mail is around £8, Parcelforce is £13-odd.

[Clutter]

It drives me nuts if my purchase + p&p is just over the threshold and I get an £8-£11 handling charge for customs charge of pennies >