Import duty

[MrDavo]

If I buy parts from Japan for £50, including delivery, will I still get hit for import duty, VAT and pay a fee for Parcelfarce to collect it?

I seem to recall that under a certain amount they don't bother.

[Nurse Julie]

I can't answer your question but it may be worth asking Trigger if he has what you need in stock. He's tied up at the moment but will be free soon.

[Johnwebley]

I ordered Carb rebuild kits from Cruzimage ,

 value totally was just over £40,
I didn't pay any extra,

 recently I purchesed lots of items for a small yamaha from various countries,Wales,Thailand,USA ,holland .and Finland ,

 of these ,I was only caught once by Parcelforce scam,it cost me an extra £14 approx,

 seems its "potluck" if they charge you

[Nurse Julie]

Agree about Cruzinimage, we never get charged as the put the value down so low which helps.

[hairygit]

The official rule is any goods from outside the EU over £15 in value is liable for import duty, plus V.A.T. on the item value (including import duty) and the postage cost, plus parcelforce's charge on top for collecting the duty. Basically if an item gets stopped, you get stung badly!

[MrDavo]

He's tied up at the moment but will be free soon.

The mental image this gives me is surprisingly exactly the same as Google Images' result for 'tied up', though I hadn't thought of a ball gag.

Its a pillion footrest kit, mine are wrong and crap, so I doubt something Trigger would have in stock.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262771606685

From Hairygit's reply the cost is enough for duty etc to be a significant risk. I may be better refurbing a used set with new parts. It's not urgent, mine are as new but cheap, flimsy and just wrong.

[Trigger]

He's tied up at the moment but will be free soon.

The mental image this gives me is surprisingly exactly the same as Google Images' result for 'tied up', though I hadn't thought of a ball gag.

Its a pillion footrest kit, mine are wrong and crap, so I doubt something Trigger would have in stock.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262771606685

From Hairygit's reply the cost is enough for duty etc to be a significant risk. I may be better refurbing a used set with new parts. It's not urgent, mine are as new but cheap, flimsy and just wrong.

I do have those in stock, they are not as good quality as the OEM ones, I bought them and then found the OEM ones. If I can find them, you can have them FOC.

[MCTID]

Try this Dealer first........Email: twowheelsfrank@yahoo.de

He had some CB Pillion Footrests on E Bay recently at a really good price.....they aren't on his E Bay site right now but he might be able to get some more....save you on Import Duty etc.

[Trigger]

Sorry, they are not M-TEC ones, they are very cheap copy's.

[Nurse Julie]

He's tied up at the moment but will be free soon.

The mental image this gives me is surprisingly exactly the same as Google Images' result for 'tied up', though I hadn't thought of a ball gag.

 

[steff750]

  i did buy a lot of stuff off cruze image before xmas never had anything stopped so very lucky i spose
like hairygit says if parcelforce opens anything you get hurt badly
 im still hurting after a seat i bought from usa im sure it was back in 2000 they caught me for £30 plus i had to go and fetch it from thier depot they said i could claim it back off the vatman they are  rubbish liars  i hate them

[philward]

I've bought 2 bigbore kits costing about £120 from cruzimage and been luckily enough not to have been charged anything - still waiting for last thing I bought in early December - its apparently arrived in UK mid December but has disappeared of the tracking on post office website

[Tomb]

I bought one big bore kit from Cruzin Image and got stung for and extra £40

[Seabeowner]

Had three from Cruzinimage. One was for £109 and they all got through. Always got stung for parts from the USA. Someone at RM told me that the US delivery companies make life difficult for them so they nearly always pick out the US stuff.

[hairygit]

Had three from Cruzinimage. One was for £109 and they all got through. Always got stung for parts from the USA. Someone at RM told me that the US delivery companies make life difficult for them so they nearly always pick out the US stuff.

It doesn't help that it is a Federal offence to declare lower values on customs dockets for goods shipped from U.S. to U.K. due to some deal Gordon Brown did with the yanks over customs duties, so U.S. sellers often refuse to help us with it!