customs got my phones ?
 

as above i orderd 5 "nokia n95 " phones from china, been tracking them the last few days ,it now says colected by british customs

yes i know i took a chance, :) what do you think will happen ?

you might be lucky and just get billed for what ever the marked price on box is or if they open it up they could come to their own value.either way parcel force or whoever delivers box will send a mail too you detailing fee's/payment etc.

cheers, and if im not lucky ?

Dont drop your soap

GULP .... anyone got a cork ?

customs are **** hot on mobile phone vat fraud matey, by way if u get them ill have one cheap off u :P

VAT fraud , i dont like the sound of that .they are for my own use :)

Why do you need 5 mobiles? :confused:

I'm guessing either a serious deformity, or a phobia of being alone.

i had this once from america but it was clothes they just ring you up and ask you to pay the import duty it worked out to be about £60 i think

Steph xx

Usually if the update shows its stopped with customs, some carriers wont release it untl the duties are paid. I had the same with Fedex and I work for them. Could not be cleared til it was paid for.

As for what they charge, it can be comparative to the UK market, especially if the shipper has made a bull5hit value declaration. They will make their own valuations of it.

Like I say, because its been stopped, the chances of getting away with duty on it is as good as gone. Have you supplied a phone number on there? Otherwise they may write to you. Few collect on delivery now.

You will eventually receive a parcel with 5 fake nokia n95's in it!

Harsh, but................. entirely possible lol

You need 5 as when you try to upgrade the firmware you wil end up with 4 paperweights and one all singing all dancing 'this month's software' one ;) D

Betcha they're fakes, i know a lad who got a fake one sent from china, it's an absolute bag of crap!

the nokia phone blog: How-To: Beware of the Fake "Nokla N95" Phone

Had my N95 for over a year now .. so out dated lol !

Whens the next phone due out.. 8GB one not included

nokia n96 is due out third quarter of this year if i remember rightly

Had my N95 a year now.. and love it ! Can;t wait for the N96, apparently it has an inbuilt FM transmitter!

My N95 has allready replaced my TomTom, K800i, and Ipaq. The N96 can then replace my ipod in the car too!

The N96 looks mean :) I would like one of those just to play with for a week.
Time to get rid of my 95 soon though I think. Only use it as the secondary phone now anyway, so time to get something up to date :)

Compare :D
Compare phones - GSMArena.com

Ooooooooh - DVB-H TV broadcast receiver

And me! :thumb:

lol how much are people offering for N95's I might be tempted to sell mine lol.

dont need to worry.

when customs open the phones up and find nothing but scrap metal instead of components they'll forward it on to you.

you did buy from China :D

Worst case I can see is that customs will charge you the duty on the UK value of the phones ( which they will if the seller has put some made up figure on the declaration ) - then you'll get the handling fee etc... added.

You'll then have an even more expensive box of fake phones than you thoughy you were getting.

If they arent genuine theyll be seized and destroyed: otherwise youll have to pay duty and VAT at the prescribed rate, along with handling fee to the courier.

Please say you did not get them off ebay, expect a dodgy "nokila":D I know some sucker that bought one for a 120 squid

5 N95's means a whole days battery :D