shipping from the US to UK...
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Topic: shipping from the US to UK...
Posted By: shel221
Subject: shipping from the US to UK...
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 12:52pm
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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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Posted By: Angelfruit
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:27pm
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Yep ... the UK are doing it in reaction to some US law regarding UK
inports. Basically, if you order anything from the US totalling more than £18.00 (including shipping fees and vat) you will be charged by customs. I had to pay an additional £30 when I bought my shrinkies and heat wand from Doc's. Crazy |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:38pm
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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. -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: Samantha~Jane
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:40pm
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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! |
Posted By: Angelfruit
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:45pm
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If a merchant declares it as a gift it can backfire if your goods then
get lost or damaged in transit. No compensation amongst other things. 
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Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:55pm
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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 ------------- |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 1:56pm
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Does anyone know if there charges also apply to imports to and from China and Russia? ------------- |
Posted By: Angelfruit
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:02pm
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As far as I know ... this is a US thing. They have done something
which effects UK imports to the US, so the UK have done the same. |
Posted By: Angelfruit
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:07pm
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Samantha~Jane ... you'll get refered to a credit agency if you don't
pay. I was not warned either ... but apparenly that doesn't matter. 
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Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:19pm
How grown up of us. As if running our currency value into the ground wasn't enough. |
Angelfruit wrote:Posted By: Samantha~Jane
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:22pm
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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...
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Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:56pm
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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 ------------- |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 2:59pm
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Angel-fruit which hair do you use? ------------- |
Posted By: gingerhead
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 6:36pm
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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. Gingerhead ------------- 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/ |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 6:41pm
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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. ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 8:20pm
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Gingerhead - Whats the FOB China fees? 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
x ------------- |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 8:24pm
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Amm - just read that post again. Sam got the shrinks from docs so you dont owe her anything chick ------------- |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: May 04 2005 at 9:03pm
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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.) :) |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 3:22am
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Its all a shock to me I dont understand why customs should be making anything off our mail ------------- |
Posted By: gingerhead
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 9:19am
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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/ |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 3:20pm
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awh drat! I have a large order from China being shipped to UK with 40 pieces of hair No way am i paying that amount of money to receive. I'll need to email my supplier to check as i dont see them taking the charges, however they did say that there would be none ------------- |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 4:18pm
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No, the issue with early PH shipments was that at least one (mine) got
lost, so she switched to insured mail, but the insured-mail option was
super expensive, didn't have tracking, and didn't have very good
compensation policies, so Sara just said "f**k it" (well, she probably
said it in Swiss German, but something like that) switched back to
normal mail options and now just replaces whatever gets lost. Shel, what hair did you order that you're not enthused about? -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 7:45pm
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Hi Rae - I ordered 40 pieces of double drawn remi hair from China and my supplier says that i would have no charges at my end (duty free) I dont want to find out that i do have charges on top as i have already outlayed alot of money. The American supplier was lovely but i think i will give it a miss. Do you think fob is charged by all suppliers from China to Uk. It will be sent to me via courier ------------- |