Customs charges when importing parts from Japan
09 August 2007, 12:23 PM
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Customs charges when importing parts from Japan
Imported some badges for my car from
Japanparts.com
They give you a tracking number when you buy from them so you can track the parcel all the way to your door:-
04-08-2007 02:50 Newcastle Depot Awaiting payment of charges
04-08-2007 02:34 Newcastle Depot Arrived at delivery depot
03-08-2007 21:05 National Hub Sorted in hub
03-08-2007 10:34 International Hub En route to delivery depot
03-08-2007 09:42 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
02-08-2007 21:18 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
02-08-2007 21:18 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
02-08-2007 21:03 International Hub Arrived in destination country
01-08-2007 01:41 Delivery Agent - Tokyo Left origin country
31-07-2007 20:00 Delivery Agent - JAPAN Collected from customer
Was most pissed off when I rang Parcelforce and told I would have to pay £22.45 (£8.95 VAT, £13.50 Parcelforce clearance fee) for them to release the parcel.
Are all parcels from abroad opened & charged in this way by UK Customs or have I just been unlucky?
Pretty annoyed having to pay Parcelfarce £13.50 for fcuck all too.
Japanparts.com
They give you a tracking number when you buy from them so you can track the parcel all the way to your door:-
04-08-2007 02:50 Newcastle Depot Awaiting payment of charges
04-08-2007 02:34 Newcastle Depot Arrived at delivery depot
03-08-2007 21:05 National Hub Sorted in hub
03-08-2007 10:34 International Hub En route to delivery depot
03-08-2007 09:42 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
02-08-2007 21:18 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
02-08-2007 21:18 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
02-08-2007 21:03 International Hub Arrived in destination country
01-08-2007 01:41 Delivery Agent - Tokyo Left origin country
31-07-2007 20:00 Delivery Agent - JAPAN Collected from customer
Was most pissed off when I rang Parcelforce and told I would have to pay £22.45 (£8.95 VAT, £13.50 Parcelforce clearance fee) for them to release the parcel.
Are all parcels from abroad opened & charged in this way by UK Customs or have I just been unlucky?
Pretty annoyed having to pay Parcelfarce £13.50 for fcuck all too.
09 August 2007, 12:44 PM
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Some get stopped, some don't. It's only for countries outside the EU.
But with the exchange rate, it is still working out cheaper getting stuff from USA with international shipping & customs.
But with the exchange rate, it is still working out cheaper getting stuff from USA with international shipping & customs.
09 August 2007, 03:05 PM
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ive ordered twice from the US Now and not been charged by custums,they of course,use USPS which in turn got delivered by DHL i think,so maybe its jus rip off royal mail/parcel force who do charge ????
09 August 2007, 04:41 PM
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a lot of the charges are actually worked out before customs even see the package. Everything shipped has to have a customs declaration with it and when its sent by a company and you've paid a fixed amount for it usually they have to put this on the document. This all gets entered when the parcel is shipped onto a central computer system that customs use to work out the charges. Gift etc can work it all depends if the seller will write it on as in many cases its an offence and they also can work on it not being a gift if its shipped to your credit card billing address. As for the parcel farce charge there is a lot of admin behind it so I can see why they charge
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