Hi Guys, I was going to buy some stuff from the store but the last time I bought from the states the import tax cost as much as the goods! Does any body know a way round this? Thanks :)
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Hi Guys, I was going to buy some stuff from the store but the last time I bought from the states the import tax cost as much as the goods! Does any body know a way round this? Thanks :)
Dude I'd love to help but everytime I buy from the states they KILL me on import tax. Over £20 at times. My dad used to work for the post office and he doesn't know a way of getting round it either.
The only idea I had to get around this in future would be to find someone else who want's something sent over as well and place it as one order, then split the customs charge.
Other than that I don't know of anyway around it. Let me know if you figure anything out.
Yeah there's no way around it really. Sometimes you get hit, other times you don't. I was looking at ordering some stuff aswell.
Was only talking about this on twitter a few days ago. I get fucked EVERY damn time with it when I order from the USA. Always end up paying at least an extra £25/$40. It is total bullshit that they do it in the first place, but to make the charges so much is just cuntish. :)
Maybe the 10P store could offer a digital copy? Then those over the pond could just download and burn their own?
Maybe you should move to Australia where the weather is better and we don't pay any import tax? ;)
Our cricket team does suck at the moment though :mad:
Is that baseball for people who drink tea? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marty McLaren
JK ill be visiting the land of Australia this year and I am looking forward to it!
Is this a tax that is charged when you but something online? Or is it something the post office adds onto the shipping?
I fancied Australia until you mentioned Cricket lol...not a sport we play much in Scotland Marty :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty McLaren
Its a customs tax for buying goods outside the UK mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan Simcox
I have been told that one way around it is for the sender to list as a gift??? Not sure how a business would feel about doing this? Apparently its very common!
Doesn't work. Had people send items as 'gifts' before and still got screwed. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnnie McIntyre
Could someone here just buy it for you and mail it then? That's why I asked if it was something the post office charged. I mean you'd have to trust a guy to do it, but if it saves you 40 pound then it could be worth the risk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnnie McIntyre
Sam...did they record it as a gift on the paperwork when posting mate? Nathan...that maybe an option! In theory I don't think I can be charged tax on a gift?
I think the tax is added on at our end by the post office, Nathan. The Post Office system is so fucked up that if there were a way around it in the past, they will have found a way to shut it down by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan Simcox
I ordered two T-shirts last week and there was £5.30 to pay on it which the Post Office adds another £8.00 to for handling costs! But if they lose something of yours, they are never to blame. License to print money.
Sorry, boss! Was hoping it would work for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulmma101
Here's another option.........come over for a seminar and just buy your shit while you are here!
yes mate, on the stickers on the front with all the postage details on you could clearly see gift.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnnie McIntyre
Thing is, most Americans will post via USPS or whatever, then by the time it gets to England the people delivering it here want 'their piece' too. I have received 'gifts' from the USA via parcelforce, ups and royal mail and been hit with it every time. :)
Or hey, we occassionally have guys come over from out plants in Hudderfield and Daventry. Next time I hear of one of them coming, maybe I can order what you are wanting and send it back with them. Then just take the train up!
As far as the gift thing goes, I think it could possibly work if the item was sent in gift-wrap or something. Otherwise I don't think it will ever work 100%. :)
An itunes/download version of mastering the twister etc would be awesome, however it would be minus Eddies signature. Which IMO is one of the cool things about his books/dvd's. He signs them all I believe. :)
Customs is total bullshit.
I ordered shorts from Melee (with 10P patch) at around $72 per pair (which is too expensive to begin with IMO).
Two pair for me and two for a buddy. So it was around $288 plus shipping.
Then fucking customs got ahold of it. Bastards added another outragously whopping amount. My memory fails me now, but in total after tallying up all incurred costs, the shorts were over $110 per pair, which is total bullshit. I felt like a ball of slime, collecting $220 (or more) from my buddy for a couple pair of shorts that I initially thought would have cost around $140.
Haha, to add insult to injury, now the shorts I bought are too big because I am in much better shape. If anyone at the Detroit Seminar want's to swap a couple gently used Melee shorts sized 34, for shorts of equivanlent value (tongue in cheek), let me know and I will bring them. I am in the market for size 32.
Anyways, not I pretty much order exclusively through FighterWarehouse because they have free shipping and they will mark packages as promotional, which typically avoids extra charges.