Dark Sith Lord
Grand Master
Frunkstar said:
LOL Frank! My Grandad used to work at a tobacco factory in Notiingham before he retired! :lol: Perhaps the same one :lol:
$200 Parcel £43.24 Import Tax - taking the piss of what!
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LOL Frank! My Grandad used to work at a tobacco factory in Notiingham before he retired! :lol: Perhaps the same one :lol:
hay frank i totally agree with you the woman at parcel force told me that custom are upping there anti on these charges because the government want to discourage people from spending money outside the UK so i cant see them stopping f**cking us over any day soon good luck getting your money back
Tom
Tom
Frunkstar
Grand Master
weasel said:
Ok I'll bite - start! :mrgreen:
I don't have long enough!
I've stuff to do tomorrow night! Plus I don't wanna turn this into a right wing political thread Lol
Safe to say I disagree with the principle behind half the taxes we pay, and about the same if not more for benefits/Gov spending projects.
I've stuff to do tomorrow night! Plus I don't wanna turn this into a right wing political thread Lol
Safe to say I disagree with the principle behind half the taxes we pay, and about the same if not more for benefits/Gov spending projects.
Frunkstar
Grand Master
Update with the usual filth our beloved government puts us through when ever humanly or inhumanely possible :evil:
If an item is sent standard post & gets hit with a customs charge you get a parcel force handling fee of £8, but if its sent via Express service you get hit with a charge of £13.50 - WTF, dirty rotten scoundrels charging you more just as they know its an urgent item, which would have got here bloody quicker via snail mail - this I know as I had 2 parcels coming from the states at the same time, 1 via standard 1st class (the one that had the dungeon play-sets) & this other one which is via express & as you all know I have had the play sets a good few days & I still do not have the other express sent parcel in hand - what a farce!
Well I have had it confirmed by the parcel force employee I spoke to that my parcel is valued @ $104 & has the commodity code on the label & in large font on the actual parcel also, customs have simply ignored it & still charged me the 20% tax bracket + Parcel force have had there fee of £13.50 due to it been sent express.
This equates to my $104 parcel costing me another £31.98 - I am ****ing livid, blood boiling & if I had any bloody hair I would be pulling it out in bunches :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
We are beeing but ****ed by HMRC at every opportunity & it stinks to high heaven IMO.
Next time as well as the commodity code in large font I am going to ask the seller to put down next to it - ONLY LIABLE TO 5% IMPORT TAX - see commodity code - dip-****!
May have to leave the dip-**** bit off, what do you think? :lol: got to laugh or I will bloody well cry a river.
GUTTED AGAIN!!!
If an item is sent standard post & gets hit with a customs charge you get a parcel force handling fee of £8, but if its sent via Express service you get hit with a charge of £13.50 - WTF, dirty rotten scoundrels charging you more just as they know its an urgent item, which would have got here bloody quicker via snail mail - this I know as I had 2 parcels coming from the states at the same time, 1 via standard 1st class (the one that had the dungeon play-sets) & this other one which is via express & as you all know I have had the play sets a good few days & I still do not have the other express sent parcel in hand - what a farce!
Well I have had it confirmed by the parcel force employee I spoke to that my parcel is valued @ $104 & has the commodity code on the label & in large font on the actual parcel also, customs have simply ignored it & still charged me the 20% tax bracket + Parcel force have had there fee of £13.50 due to it been sent express.
This equates to my $104 parcel costing me another £31.98 - I am ****ing livid, blood boiling & if I had any bloody hair I would be pulling it out in bunches :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
We are beeing but ****ed by HMRC at every opportunity & it stinks to high heaven IMO.
Next time as well as the commodity code in large font I am going to ask the seller to put down next to it - ONLY LIABLE TO 5% IMPORT TAX - see commodity code - dip-****!
May have to leave the dip-**** bit off, what do you think? :lol: got to laugh or I will bloody well cry a river.
GUTTED AGAIN!!!
Can't do any harm!
Surely you can claim that tax back though, phone them (HMRC) up and explain the situation. Parcel force are just doing their job and assuming HMRC have got it right. Ohh and I agree about Parcel Forces fees being a joke, how they get away with/justify that I do not know.
Surely you can claim that tax back though, phone them (HMRC) up and explain the situation. Parcel force are just doing their job and assuming HMRC have got it right. Ohh and I agree about Parcel Forces fees being a joke, how they get away with/justify that I do not know.
Dark Sith Lord
Grand Master
****in Hell Frank! 
I feel for you mate! Hope there is ahappy ending to this! :?
I feel for you mate! Hope there is ahappy ending to this! :?
tundra9
Sith Lord
PGowdy said:
Here in Norway, everything with a value over £20 has to be taxed....if it gets noticed by the customs that is...
Frunkstar
Grand Master
Yep same all over the EU tundra - on a side note - Where are our cool pictures you lazy git :mrgreen:
I will be putting a claim in but it takes the living piss.
I got that other parcel with standar 1st clas post though with no problems what so ever, though it was also marked with the commodity code but listed as gift & value $35.
BUT! - I think I am seeing a possible pattern forming with the customs, that being that they seem to take less notice of items if sent via standard 1st class post, every parcel I have had via the standard service seems to get through without Taxes regardless of its cash value & every one I have either priority or express seems to get flagged & charged - coincidence? :?
I will be putting a claim in but it takes the living piss.
I got that other parcel with standar 1st clas post though with no problems what so ever, though it was also marked with the commodity code but listed as gift & value $35.
BUT! - I think I am seeing a possible pattern forming with the customs, that being that they seem to take less notice of items if sent via standard 1st class post, every parcel I have had via the standard service seems to get through without Taxes regardless of its cash value & every one I have either priority or express seems to get flagged & charged - coincidence? :?
Frunkstar
Grand Master
Joe said:
Sending all my items to you in the future
Frunkstar
Grand Master
Probably still work out cheaper :lol:
its crap, I always ask for 35 dollar gift too at my risk with tracking
A week before christmas I ordered a game controller from Hong Kong for 65 dollars, I thought nothing off it this time to ask for marking as a 35 dollar gift as the item was pretty cheap.
On the first week of January I recieved a letter from parcelforce with a total fee of £26.50 and was so angry as that was nearly half of what it cost thanks to the shitty clearance fee and on top of that it had been in the country on the 23rd of december and i could have gone and collected it a week sooner if i had known instead of them waiting till after christmas to send me the letter.
A week before christmas I ordered a game controller from Hong Kong for 65 dollars, I thought nothing off it this time to ask for marking as a 35 dollar gift as the item was pretty cheap.
On the first week of January I recieved a letter from parcelforce with a total fee of £26.50 and was so angry as that was nearly half of what it cost thanks to the shitty clearance fee and on top of that it had been in the country on the 23rd of december and i could have gone and collected it a week sooner if i had known instead of them waiting till after christmas to send me the letter.
