Newbie Ebayer - What do you think?

[cadlon23]

New to all this Ebay stuff, got a bit click happy and ordered a stack of stuff. [:0]

58272: Corvette C5-R £68

58254: Raybrig NSX '99 £84

49154: Tyrrell P34 Six Wheeler - Limited Edition £85

53485: Super Modified Motor 11T got 2 @ £30 each

What do you think on the prices? Dont think ive been done

[netsmithUK]

All look like good deals to me.

Just hope you don't get stung for customs and excise duty on them all (Assuming they are from abroad)

Cheers

Chris

[cadlon23]

Yea, all from Hong Kong [:0]

If they do get stopped whats the custom and exise duties like ?

[netsmithUK]

It depends - never been quite sure how they value it. If the seller has put a value on the outside then thats included in the calculation but I think there may be more to it than that.

I've been court a couple of times and the charge has been between 10-25%!!

On the upside though - they don't get stopped very often.

Cheers

Chris

[Bibbo]

As far as I understand it you pay on the value of the item plus the shipping cost's. What you pay is VAT so it's 17.5% of the total plus the paperwork costs which over here in Belgium is around £5.

I've been had loads lately, to the point where I've stopped buying from outside europe.

The value put on the parcel is a starting point for total value but if the customs want to they open it and determine their own value. I guess if it's a big box and the value states $50 then they say "well it's big so the value is higher, plus they will always say lower when shipping, so we will call it $100 plus the shipping costs and charge 17.5% of that!!"

Basically they are BA*****S!!..

I had a set of decals come the US recently and the value was stated at $25. They charged a total of $17 for me to recieve it, including their tax plus the paperwork charge!!!....AAARRRGGGHHH

[Muddybaldboy]

I thought they just made a number up[!] depending on what mood they were in. I had 3 packages between christmas and new year-not a charge.

Jan 2nd...wham £67 thank you very much.[xx(]

I'm not bitter, really....IM NOT!!!

[TWINSET]

Everything imported has a commodity code, which dictates what percentage of import duty you pay. You add this percentage to the cost of the goods (in pounds) then add V.A.T. to that figure.

Shipping charges are also subject to V.A.T. if the seller includes them in the value of the goods;

£100 car

+

£30 shipping

=

£130 taxable product

So if you ask the seller not to include shipping charges on value, you save a couple of quid.

Any shipping company (TNT, DHL etc.)can give the Customs and Excise phone number to find out the commodity code.

I got a car from canada, total, including shipping, was £141, import duty and V.A.T. came to £29.56

[cadlon23]

Interesting stuff,

I think ill hang fire on getting anything else shipped into the UK.

Will have to wait and see if anything gets caught this time round.

Very usefull info

Thanks

[slink(2)]

I've just been looking into this, as i have started buying a few bits from Hong Kong. There is a fixed, and accountable calculation, which runs at declared value, plus postage costs (the ones on the box). To this is added 2% import duty for the UK (yes, two), applicable for metal or plastic toys, motorized or not. The same figure also applies to kits and pre-builts. VAT at 17.5% is then added. Now the rub. Parcelforce (the UK agent) will then add 13 quid clearance fee to clear it for you, and collect the cash as a COD. However, I got a TB01 Enzo and a Nitro Daytona NIB kit from HK, and it cost me a total of 51 quid in duty / handling etc, which, as the combined was nearly 200 quid cheaper than UK, I didn't think was too bad.

This is all detailed on the HMCE website (www.hmce.gov.uk I believe), or search under improt duty UK.

Steve.

[BalmyBaldwin]

A ehile ago, I ordered a camera form the states, there was no value declared on the package, so they "estimated" the charge based on size and weight. I was sent an invoice by the mailing company (parcel force It think) which had a "deferment fee" listed as £12, so I phoned them up, and said that I would not pay the deferal fee, as I had not asked for the payment to be deferred. - Got away with it - but still paid the tax!

[taka-Q]

is this one still avialible ?

53485: Super Modified Motor 11T got 2 @ £30 each

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[Bibbo]

What you own them!!! wow.