Thanks for all the input & strong views on this subject guys, looks like I am not the only one who has feeling about this subject, got my parcel today but I will be phoning customs tomorrow to try & get the code I need for vintage collectables, I will then ask any seller I buy from outside the EU to add it in large print to the package, I am in all honesty crapping it as I have committed myself to buying a large collection from a buddy in the US which will be a bit by bit thing as I simply do not have funds for such a large buy in one go, he is thankfully willing to work with me on it regarding on how it is packaged & labelled, but I also have 2 other items on hold awaiting postage from the states till I can get this code from customs.
I for one feel that we are being well & truly taken the living piss out of, its not like this country does not tax us enough on everything else, I filled my car up yesterday & with this on my mind asked the filling station manager just how much they actually made per litre on fuel, I was little surprised to hear that they in fact make between .5 & .7 pence per litre, I used to smoke till 2 years ago & used to (due to nessecity) buy all my roll up tobacco from the black market, the packs I like were Drum light blue (mild) they stated packed in Nottingham & I then lived in Leicester some 35 miles from Nottingham, now the packs I got were not even available in the UK for sale, I would pay £6 for a packet that was packed 35 miles away, then went all the way to Dubai & back again for that price, yet if I wanted the equivalent pack here I would have been paying £13.70 - WTF is going on in this bloody country - its lost the ****ing plot entirely IMO.
The American don't even have to pay ANY import tax & with the UK seemingly trying to follow along in the shadow of the US just when do they plan to start treating us like human beings?? - I for one am looking forward to that day that will never come.