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I am interested in buying a box set for £28 from DVD pacific but does anyone
know roughly how much customs would want for duties on the 28 pound.
Loaded247 have the box set for £48 and I don't pay duties as I got two of
the same boxsets from the last year with no duty charges, so would it be
worth me getting it from DVD Pacific and paying the extra duties or get it
from loaded and don't pay any duties

advise please and thanks in advance

cheers Dave

"Dragon" <> wrote in message
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> I am interested in buying a box set for £28 from DVD pacific but does
anyone
> know roughly how much customs would want for duties on the 28 pound.
> Loaded247 have the box set for £48 and I don't pay duties as I got two of
> the same boxsets from the last year with no duty charges, so would it be
> worth me getting it from DVD Pacific and paying the extra duties or get it
> from loaded and don't pay any duties
>
> advise please and thanks in advance
>
> cheers Dave
>
>

3.5% Import Duty
17.5% VAT
£4 admin fee

So for £28 it would be around £10 in charges

"CW" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
> news:9t9Sb.4538$...
> > I am interested in buying a box set for £28 from DVD pacific but does
> anyone
> > know roughly how much customs would want for duties on the 28 pound.
> > Loaded247 have the box set for £48 and I don't pay duties as I got two
of
> > the same boxsets from the last year with no duty charges, so would it be
> > worth me getting it from DVD Pacific and paying the extra duties or get
it
> > from loaded and don't pay any duties
> >
> > advise please and thanks in advance
> >
> > cheers Dave
> >
> >
>
> 3.5% Import Duty
> 17.5% VAT
> £4 admin fee
>

Not necessarily. Customs don't nomally bother if the value is under (IIRC)
£35. The customs charge is actually much lower than you state. I have just
been charged slightly over £10 for $80 (~£60-70) worth of DVDs.

Ian S

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:33:03 -0000, "Ian S"
<> wrote:


>Not necessarily. Customs don't nomally bother if the value is under (IIRC)
>£35. The customs charge is actually much lower than you state. I have just
>been charged slightly over £10 for $80 (~£60-70) worth of DVDs.



Not quite true.

I've imported Region 1 boxsets cost over £30 each and have been
slapped with the tax.

"Ian S" <> wrote in
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> "CW" <> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Dragon" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news:9t9Sb.4538$...
>> > I am interested in buying a box set for £28 from DVD
>> > pacific but does
>> anyone
>> > know roughly how much customs would want for duties on
>> > the 28 pound. Loaded247 have the box set for £48 and I
>> > don't pay duties as I got two
> of
>> > the same boxsets from the last year with no duty
>> > charges, so would it be worth me getting it from DVD
>> > Pacific and paying the extra duties or get
> it
>> > from loaded and don't pay any duties
>> >
>> > advise please and thanks in advance
>> >
>> > cheers Dave
>> >
>> >
>>
>> 3.5% Import Duty
>> 17.5% VAT
>> £4 admin fee
>>
>
> Not necessarily. Customs don't nomally bother if the value
> is under (IIRC) £35. The customs charge is actually much
> lower than you state. I have just been charged slightly
> over £10 for $80 (~£60-70) worth of DVDs.
>
> Ian S
>
>
>

UK customs for 'commercial' deliveries will charge on orders
above £18. If it's a gift the limit before a charge is made is
£35.

$80 is not £60-70 at the current exchange rate it's more like
£43, and around £10 sounds about right for that.

"Ian S" <> wrote in message
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> "CW" <> wrote in message
> news:KzcSb.893$...
> >
> > "Dragon" <> wrote in message
> > news:9t9Sb.4538$...
> > > I am interested in buying a box set for £28 from DVD pacific but does
> > anyone
> > > know roughly how much customs would want for duties on the 28 pound.
> > > Loaded247 have the box set for £48 and I don't pay duties as I got two
> of
> > > the same boxsets from the last year with no duty charges, so would it
be
> > > worth me getting it from DVD Pacific and paying the extra duties or
get
> it
> > > from loaded and don't pay any duties
> > >
> > > advise please and thanks in advance
> > >
> > > cheers Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> > 3.5% Import Duty
> > 17.5% VAT
> > £4 admin fee
> >
>
> Not necessarily. Customs don't nomally bother if the value is under
(IIRC)
> £35.

No. Anything over the £18 is liable to be charged if the package is not a
gift. About a year ago I was charged for a package with £19 of DVDs.

> The customs charge is actually much lower than you state. I have just
> been charged slightly over £10 for $80 (~£60-70) worth of DVDs.

Apart from the Duty, which will not be charged (don't ask me why - it just
is not!) the figures quoted were correct, so $80 is £45.41 at the USA
exchange rate of 1.7618 used by HMCE during January (when was the exchange
rate last 1.15 to 1.33?). On that the VAT at 17.5% gives £7.94, to which is
added £4.00 for the P.O. fee, giving £11.94 in total. So just how much more
than £10 were you charged?

John Howells