I bought software from the US and had to pay import duty
The software was delivered but there was an invoice attached to the outside of the box from HMRC.
Posted By: Ben on May 27th 2009 at 18:46:34
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- Has anyone on here bought anything online and found that on arrival (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:36:06
- I had a NFL shirt delivered from the States... (General Chat) - Brom, May 27, 19:08:54
- aye, i had a similar thing with a laptop battery i bought from the states (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 27, 19:41:13
- I bought software from the US and had to pay import duty (General Chat) - Ben, May 27, 18:46:34
- ah ok thanks (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:48:56
- Not as cheeky as the fuckers who charge twice the price in Europe for the same product (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, May 27, 19:00:02
- ah ok thanks (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:48:56
- They won't - but HMRC may well do (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, May 27, 18:43:38
- I regularly purchase on-line (General Chat) - APB, May 27, 18:40:11
- I very much doubt it - for a start would be soooo much hassle (General Chat) - South_West_Canary, May 27, 18:39:47
- I will do, but they are closed now (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:43:13
- I just looked at that site. They seem to based in GB. Are they allowed to not charge VAT? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 27, 18:55:04
- yeah, the site that offer price match warn of that (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:55:53
- Helpful from direct.gov.uk (General Chat) - APB, May 27, 19:01:31
- no, I doubt it too (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 19:08:54
- Helpful from direct.gov.uk (General Chat) - APB, May 27, 19:01:31
- yeah, the site that offer price match warn of that (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:55:53
- If its from overseas you may get clobbered by Customs. Had that happen before (General Chat) - South_West_Canary, May 27, 18:49:58
- ok, think I'll leave it then (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:50:58
- I just looked at that site. They seem to based in GB. Are they allowed to not charge VAT? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 27, 18:55:04
- I will do, but they are closed now (General Chat) - Charles21, May 27, 18:43:13
- I had a NFL shirt delivered from the States... (General Chat) - Brom, May 27, 19:08:54
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