buying figs on mass in the UK

[Mr Evil]

buying figs on mass

well if your in the uk get them online from the us due to the exchange rate for every 3 boxes you get the 4th for free.

postage a problem ? buy 3 tanks and the postage works out for free then ! with a bit of a saving in your pocket !!!!

for the uk compared to us prices i think the box sets are a little overpriced. £16 would make it equal with america prices and online %10-%30 discount from some online suppliers in the us the price diferance widens evan more.


i support my local LGS but when such great savings can be made, you can see whay the LGS rarly gets our money wich is not good for the LGS/hobby or product promotion, but then the LGS is a buisness and not a charity for us to support.

 

[Col_stone]

Beware the customs-monster that eats your profit and turns great deals into the most expensive minis ever:'(

 

[Mr Evil]

keep it under £150 value and your be fine, also request supplier puts it down as gift for customs and keeps value on pacage as $10-20

 

[Col_stone]

i might have to try that, my last package from the US got a +45% increase in price with the customs meddling,,:/

 

[tabletopgamesltd]

keep it under £150 value and your be fine, also request supplier puts it down as gift for customs and keeps value on pacage as $10-20

It is illegal to falsify a customs declaration and most retailers will refuse to do it. If you put a low value on the package and it gets lost then you will not be able to claim under insurance.

 

[Hiromoon]

Plus, you'll make Prince Harry cry. You don't want that, do you?

 

[hegemon]

Why prince Harry?? He's a big grown up soldier now, you know. Well Rupert, not soldier but much of a muchness

 

[Col_stone]

that is not good at all
I don't really mind paying taxes for stuff, it's just that i get to do it twice,(i assume that all goods are taxed in the US aswell?) and the swedish one is 25% of the value including US tax, and then they add handling fees here too:S

on the other hand i've only been "caught" once when i've ordered minis,probably best just to keep orders small so the customs let them fly through

 

[Martin]

Sorry £18.00 Sterling is the limit allowed for importing by a private individual in to the U.K. before VAT at 17.5% is levied plus import duties plus 4% on the value of the postage on the parcel. If the parcel is opened for inspection the Royal Mail will charge £25.00 Sterling for delivery. I got that from HM Customs and Excise and the Royal Mail directly as I got burn't a few years ago on a couple of model tanks I purchased from the USA. Some senders will mark the parcel as a gift or samples this can help but is not certain doing this may also get the sender into trouble if they get questioned about the package so some won't.

Martin

 

[DM]

You might get lucky. a few years back I had a parcel arrive with a requirement to pay something daft to Customs. The postie who brought it thought it was a ripoff and said "just have it mate", dropped the parcel off and left before I could say much more than "thanks"

 

[Low Roller 1-1]

I seem to get hit about 1 in 3,

the thing that gets me is th£10 charge just for handeling the package not the customes charge - dam those in charge of the FA, sorry the post office.

 

[lastbesthope]

I got stung recently for about a tenner on top of my S:AAB DVDs, more than half of that was the Royal Mail handling charge.

LBH

 

[Rob_A]

Surely you coul dorder them from the mongoose site pay in dollars though.