Customs

[pixietricks]

If you order from China are you liable to customs charges?? Also, I can't see on Amy's site how much p & p is if you don't qualify for free posting. Can't see me ordering enough juice to qualify for free p & p.

[Chrissie]

Pixie, Most goods with a value over £18.00, arriving in the UK from outside the EU are liable to any or all of the following taxes:

customs duty
excise duty
import VAT

However, both large orders I've made with Health Cabin have just sailed through customs & I've not been charged anything.

As for Amy's P&P, she has recently changed how she charges & it's now on weight. I think it will be automatically calculated for you when you put the items in your basket?

There is also 2 choices of postage, EMS & the slower but cheaper China airmail.

[jimmybat]

never had any charges
James

[Chrissie]

Pixie, some prices from Amy re the cheaper China registered mail.

China registered airmail is slow but less expensive. If you do not mind waiting, try China registered airmail.

Here go the shipping rates via China registered airmail. they are the same for all countries.

0 ~ 100g 3.2 usd

100 ~ 200g 4.7 usd

200 ~ 300g 6.3 usd

300 ~ 400g 8.0 usd

400 ~ 500g 9.6 usd

As for the delivery time via china registered airmail, it is up to the locations.

normally it takes 10-30 business days to get there. but actually it depends. Fairly certain that it was Lilac that orderd via this method & it took only a couple of days longer than my order using EMS.

for the USA it did take 10 business days to get there sometimes. but it did take 20 business days or longer to get there sometimes.

*waves to James *

so if you want to save money and do not mind waiting for extra time, try China registered airmail.

[Lilac]

Yes, it was me, Chrissie

[Chrissie]

Lol, I got it right for once

[foxy9212]

My order took about 14 days via snail mail but it was delayed owing to the ash cloud. It was well worth ordering from China as the prices including postage were very competitive indeed.

My order was only £13 including postage which wasn't at all bad for 2 x 5 packs of cartomizers, so I can't comment on the Duty aspect.

Fox

[jimmybat]

lol wish my bills were that much
James

[jimmybat]

To be totally honest with you I dont have many Customs but i do normally put the left sock on first in the morning But that's more of a habit than a custom
James

[Lilac]

James...ur no richt

[jimmybat]

sory i just sometimes loose my self in my weird and not so wonderful imagination and sometime loose my way and cant find my way back and then came on here lost in the cybernetic oblivion that is called my brain ....maybe i should leave a trail of cartomisers and follow the trail back home BUT the problem is you lot would follow me picking them up and there i am lost again
James .........{lost}

[Chrissie]

I think you have completely lost it James

[Scylla]

Having sat thru, and thoroughly enjoyed, James's internet stage performance, I can quite appreciate that he needs further outlets, and I don't mind "suffering"

scylla

[jimmybat]

most definitely I have lost it .....Maybe I can utilize this forum and form some sort of search party .......NOTHING like the party that's in power right now ...... something kinda sensible and they can all look for my missing mentality....

But back KINDA on topic the customs WILL start to be a problem as soon as this dreaded ban comes into force if it does lol can always hope and pray
James

[Scylla]

I don't think that Customs will be able to do more than random checks on individuals' orders, just think of all the eBay cheapo electronics sellers flooding the UK with junk But big consignments coming in for suppliers could be a problem, I spose.

scylla