dan smith
Retro Guru
I have just got stung by royal mail and HMRC buying some bike bits from the US.
I have had lots of things posted to me in the past marked as gift and never had to pay any form of charge.
It seem like customs have tighten up their control of goods coming into the UK and are making sure anything with a value over £40 has VAT added to it, when this occurs our friends at RM also kindly add a £8 handling charge. :cry:
Has anyone else notices this become more prevalent recently or have I just been very lucky in the past?
I assume the only way around this is to state the value of the goods below £40 but this may leave the sender out of pocket insurance wise if anything goes wrong?
I have had lots of things posted to me in the past marked as gift and never had to pay any form of charge.
It seem like customs have tighten up their control of goods coming into the UK and are making sure anything with a value over £40 has VAT added to it, when this occurs our friends at RM also kindly add a £8 handling charge. :cry:
Has anyone else notices this become more prevalent recently or have I just been very lucky in the past?
I assume the only way around this is to state the value of the goods below £40 but this may leave the sender out of pocket insurance wise if anything goes wrong?