PAYING DUTY TAX

is there a fee needs to be paid with buying items from the states when they arrive at your door?

If the seller hasnt marked up the Customs form in your favour then the simple answer is normally yes in my experience if the value is over £40. If you are really unlucky the Post Office or carrier will also add a handling fee on top. I had an example of this earlier this year with some HPI models. Luckily the seller refunded me the extra charges.

I think a lot of people get caught out buying from the USA and Hong Kong on Ebay as they only look at the sale price and forget about duty charges.

thanks chris for the help on this matter.
its a model at £40 so i guess i will know when it arrives here....perhaps being to late buy hey!

twice we bought parts from us for an engine,once i had to pay duty the other time we hadnt.

paul, if its not away yet get the seller to mark 'GIFT' on the wee label on the package, this way no charges are incurred..........

Make sure they mark it as less than £30 or so as well otherwise Customs will still be interested..

Here in holland is that normal everything outside europe you must pay tax

cheers guys.
im paying for it tonight so will tell him that billy,cheers fella.

no worries m8, there should be a wee sticker which he fills in when posting, giving details of contents, value, etc, thats where he marks gift on it....

ive just sent him an email asking would he do that before posting,so awaiting his reply.

Ive bought loads of 1/24 kits from china, japan and USA and never got done for customs charges. Some of those were over a hundred euro. I did get a letter from customs about one thing they had stopped alright but it was one of the few things i bought under the limit.

better to be safe m8, a m8 got a 1:18 held at belfast, had to splash out £25 to have it released.......

bmd wrote:better to be safe m8, a m8 got a 1:18 held at belfast, had to splash out £25 to have it released.......

yikes!!

just managed to buy another white s11 hpi model there tonight from a guy in uk. this model comming from states is another hpi white s11. thats me sorted for them...total of 4 in 2 weeks!

feck its just dawned on me need another....jennings is in 1 at the ulster!