Recieving Stuff From Japan

[Darren_S15]

Cheers Jez.

From that it looks like I should be paying 3.5% customs duty.

I wont have to pay excise duty as its not alchole or tobacco.

And then import VAT @ 17.5%.

I can only get the cost to £35.

Either way I cant see them giving me my parcel on Saturday unless I pay the full £54 but Im certainly going to question it and ask for a break down along with complain about the fact I never got any letters from them making me aware of the item being there.

 

[Nicely]

Take your purchase invoice with you as proof. And don't forget that the cost of delivery is also subject to duty and VAT.

 

[Darren_S15]

I have just picked up this parcel.

It turns out the amount I had to pay was correct.

But only becasue who ever filled out the invoice in Japan made a bad mistake with the postage costs.

They put that I paid 31700Yen (154.60GBP) postage when I only paid 3700Yen (18.04GBP) postage.

As a result Ive just had to pay £40.80 VAT on this item instead of the £16.85 I should have paid.

Not best happy about this as thats an additional £23.95 Ive had to pay which pushed the VAT over half the price of the item cost in the first place

Im going to contact customs on Tuesday to see if I can get the money back as I have the invoices for both the product and postage, and Ive also contacted the company I ordered through to let them know.

Something else Ive got to sort out now