QuoteReplyTopic: shipping from the US to UK... Posted: May 04 2005 at 12:52pm
I just got a package today delivered from the US to the UK and it cost me £18.02 in customs charges and it was only 1 pack of 2oz hair! not even enough for a full head and it cost that? Does anyone else have this problem with customs? It almost makes it worthless to import?
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The only way to get around it, I believe, is to have the merchant
declare it as a gift (which usually isn't taxed), or mark the value as
less than 15 pounds (I believe that's the cutoff; everything below 15
doesn't get tariffed). I've done that everytime I've sent something to
UKers and they've never gotten customs chrages. From what I hear,
though, it's luck of the draw; sometimes customs will open your box,
and if they find a receipt inside, they'll know (and tax you for) the
real value.
I didn't know anything about this until today, I e mailed doctor locks to ask where my shrinkies were (i ordered them on April 12th) I ended up getting another e mail asking me for an extra $14.35! I'm not paying it, I wasn't warned when I ordered the shrinkies, has anyone else had these problems!
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I dont think i'll bother. The hair was ment to be really good. It has micro-polymer cross-linking treatment lasting 100 washes and is processed Indian hair to European texture and is treated with a Perma moisture treatment. HOWEVER imo Bohyme felt like silk compared to it today What a waste of money
Yeah I just got another e mail saying something along the lines of that, they told me it's not their fault cuz i ordered off of their OLD site.. which I thought was still ok to order from... then they told me they have only just dismantled that OLD site... im not gonna bother with them anymore after this...
its a shame really as the supplier was really nice and i was looking forward to doing business but so far out of all my trials Bohyme is still on tops so far. All my searches keep taking me to a dead end. I want to be able to start my own label with a hair as good or better than the bohyme but im nearly ready for giving up! I have 1 last supplier to try! fingers crossed
It applies everywhere from the US to UK it has to be under £30 and declared as a gift otherwise you end up paying customs fee and delivery charge to your home. The other thing is if it gets lost then you cant claim anything only upto £30 so if your order is in the value of £30 upwards you wont beable to claim any extra. If you order from China or India or anywhere else in bulk they only send FOB so it works out very expensive.
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Hey everyone take a look at this I found it on the web then someone sent me an email about it!!
http://www.hairxtensions.cjb.net/
I mark all packages going global as "gift" or "$5.00" regardless of
what's inside and I do global priority. Packages have been reaching
the UK in about 7 days.
It's so not fair for you guys to pay these outrageous custom charges.
I'll be happy to help you replace what you lost, Samantha. Drop me
an email.
Amm - That so nice of you to do that for Sam. I wouldnt get away with getting any of my orders maked as gift with my US hair supplier as its a $2500 minum order and would be massive plus i would want in insured just incase. Im still going to get shrinkies off you very soon. Just been blown away with all the hair seacrching at the mo
Are you guys sure this is only a U.S.-U.K. thing. I thought I heard of
some customs issues early on with PlastikHaar (which is in
Switzerland), and in response, she doesn't insure packages anymore. (I
could be mistaken on this, though.)
Shell, As far I know the FOB stands for Freight On Board. This means two things - location of the merchandise and depending on that location, the buyer is responsible for freight charges from that location (china) to your destination chosen. I worked out it would cost a hundreds to have it shipped over. The FOB is only done in bulk buys as far as I know.
Hey everyone take a look at this I found it on the web then someone sent me an email about it!!
http://www.hairxtensions.cjb.net/
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