International shipping of PCs?


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Say I was to buy a PC from the US and get it shipped to the UK, I get this little plurge:

All Duties and Taxes are the responsibility of the customer. These charges will be collected at delivery, refusal of the package does not limit liability of these charges. Unfortunately, we cannot export product with lower than actual values to circumvent these charges. Please contact your local customs office to get an estimate of these charges.

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What would I be paying on say a $2000 PC, I take it that I'd just be paying import duty and that's it?

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:rolleyes: Yes, you'd pay whatever UK Customs decided was the value and tax it. I sent a $600 computer to Sweden for a friend's birthday -- he had to pay about 100 USD tax. You should check with the UK authorities before ordering.

Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to order from within your country ?

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I'm actually looking at a Dual 2.0GHz G5 from SmallDog. It's $2389 + $176 for International Shipping. So $2565 which is ?1410. The Dual 2.0GHz G5 in the UK costs ?2399/$4510 so it's a massive saving.

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Maybe this helps: :unsure:

http://www.sloanefox.freeserve.co.uk/importukduty.htm

Import Duty is usually percentage based. It averages at between about 5% and 9% - but with extremes in some cases between nil and 85%.

Customs assess the amount of Import Duty to be paid based on the declared value of the goods, PLUS the transport costs to the country of destination.

If your inquiry concerns any matter other than EU/UK customs tariffs on industrial products it should be addressed to: dti.enquiries@dti.gsi.gov.uk or Tel. 020 7215 5000

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dont have anyone out here that you could convince to come to you and bring it, say on a flight with them... :p

i'd be interested in a free flight to the uk :D :D

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All goods imported into the EU from outside the EU are subject to Customs Duty (Import Duty or Import Tax) and Value Added Tax (VAT). All goods imported into the UK from outside the EU must be declared to HM Customs & Excise and in most cases, this includes goods bought over the Internet.

Ouch, I'd have to pay import duty and VAT on it judging from that :/

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I imported a $3000 PC into AUS from the US and I had to pay $300 GST (10%) as well as customs fees and $300 shipping.

It sounds like a good deal until you factor in all these extra costs.

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Ouch, I'd have to pay import duty and VAT on it judging from that :/

When I imported some items (PDA accesories totally approx ?30 UKP) into the UK from HK, I asked the supplier to mark the items as a gift and as such was able to circumvent the duty, even though it wouldn't have been much.

Why was this allowed? Because of the follow allowance...

"GIFTS from one private individual to another PROVIDING THE VALUE DOES NOT EXCEED ?36 (45 euro). Exception: There is a very restricted gift allowance on excise goods (see below) but you are advised to contact Customs for further information."

Ok, so you might think, I'll get a relative/friend for me out there to buy it and send it to me, which would satisfy the "one private individual to another" but you would have to declare the full price of the item on the package in case of insurance claims and so can't use the above rule unless you're totally confident it will not get damaged to any major extent along the way.

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ive brough back a bike from the us on holliday, they hit me with 650 quid import duty and VAT, was about 35% value of the machine total, watch out some shipping firms also charge a admin fee too ...

greedy buggers !

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