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florence:
Has anyone here bought things from the USA and had experience of import duty.

I am looking at things like this and wondering whether it is worth it as I am running out of options with my tank.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-500-CB-FOUR-CB500-OEM-Gas-Fuel-tank-1971-ANX-B-09/114235048895?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D7c522e06c09e4c5b9dd6a421c13f417c%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D264736331930%26itm%3D114235048895%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524%26brand%3DHonda&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042

Nurse Julie:
If you buy it from them and they offer Global Shipping Programme delivery, all duties etc are included in the GSP fees you pay so there will be no surprises. But, it won't be cheap.

Tomb:
Its not just import duty you have to worry about, couriers charge handling and storage fees which bump it up considerably. Pistons I ordered ended up with about another 25% added to the cost. The worst was I had to pay that on the total cost of the item INCLUDING the shipping, which adds even more.

Nurse Julie:

--- Quote from: Tomb on May 29, 2020, 05:53:51 PM ---Its not just import duty you have to worry about, couriers charge handling and storage fees which bump it up considerably. Pistons I ordered ended up with about another 25% added to the cost. The worst was I had to pay that on the total cost of the item INCLUDING the shipping, which adds even more.

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Yep, we buy a fair amount from non EU countries and as a rough guide, we estimate about 35% extra on top of the price of the item, to cover post, all duties and handling fees by Parcel Force or similar.

Tomb:
Doing drag racing, a US sport, we buy lots of kit from US companies, transmissions can be £3000. To get round this anyone travelling to US is asked to bring items back as hand luggage for us. At the moment that may be a problem though.

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