Ebay

[euan]

have you seen that Amazon are in a bit of bother selling CD's cheap?

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,1117734,00.html

[KenL]

Import duty is 10% plus you pay 17.5% VAT. Not everything gets stopped though.

I'm not sure where the cut-off in terms of value is. My Whalen shift knob ($125US) didn't get caught by customs but someome on MINI2 posted that they had to pay it!

[Wul]

quote:Originally posted by euan

have you seen that Amazon are in a bit of bother selling CD's cheap?

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,1117734,00.html

Once again the big boys spoil the party! :(Boooooo to the BPI!

[Linda M]

I buy loads of stuff mainly from the States (not ebay).

I used to get weekly deliveries of stuff from the States by Fedex and had to pay the tax every time BUT what I was buying still worked out cheaper than buying here plus I couldn't get anywhere near the same choice here.

I got stung really badly once, we got a painting commissioned by a friend of ours in New York. Even though there was no value attached to it customs took 'ownership' of it till we paid about £200 tax which they'd worked out

I have got away with tax a few times when I've asked them to label it gift and e-mail me the invoice.