How much will I have to pay customs?

[Ewan]

How much will I have to pay Customs for a DVD box set costing £49
:confused:

[Spoonman2]

I would say about £12, ish`

Spoony.

[Fatti]

Assuming the whole lot including P&P is £49.00, I think you add 4% on the total for import duty (£1.96) = £50.96. Then add on 17.5% VAT (£8.92) = £59.88, then add on the Post Offices handling fee of £4.00. Grand total: £63.88, meaning an extra £14.88.

I think this is right, assuming I've understood a previous thread correctly.

[Spoonman2]

Ny Bob tin was £40 from Amazon.ca, and I got stung for just over a tenner :(
I`m sure it varies though

Spoony.

[JIimmy]

I got done for £11.49 on a DVD from Playusa costing £44.99 but don't know what they charged for the postage .

[[Slip]]

The postage is usually free

A little "trick"

Try addressing your DVDs, or anything for that matter, that go over the £18 limit to multiple ppl

i.e.

Mr and Mrs ImportDodge and Family

In some cases this will be considered 4 people. So you can take the £18 limit for one person and apply it 4 times

i.e. 4 x 18 is the new limit of the parcel

Not tried this for a while but used to work
Works like alcohol limits, the more people the more you can bring in

[LV426]

Nah.... you have just been lucky. Liability for tax is based solely on the package value; the number of addressees is irrelevant.

[Ewan]

Hi!
Thanks for the replies:cool: I think I'll just buy the R2 version from Amazon.co.uk it's less hassel

[Herbal]

What Dvd is it?