Royal Mail International shipping
- Thread starter Kat
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Bitch behind the counter- When she asked how much I wanted it insured for I asked if it went up to £1000 (we were trying to make sure we'd definately get back what they were worth if anything happened to them), when she said £500 I said that would do fine but she still put £1000 on the box....
Worst comes to worst we'll have to pay what they want. Not had much experience sending stuff overseas and tbh I thought Norway was in the EU
Just annoying because I dont, and I know kat doesnt, have the money to spend that much on having to get our own guns back, especially around christmas
I sent an Angel G7fly to (Name removed as requested) a couple of months ago. He specified to label parcel as Gift, and mark it down to £80. That was his wish, and he would take responsibility if it went missing.
When parcel arrived in (Location removed as requested), customs held it. So i sent an email to customs in (Removed) saying it was a gift. They sent email back asking for full details. All i told them was it was sporting goods. I think (Name removed) got away with paying import duty(not 100% sure).
If i were you, you could always say that the markers were borrowed and brought over here by team mates to use in a tourney, from the person your sending to, someone you know thats taken a trip from (removed) to UK. That they had forgotten to take them back with them, and now your sending them back to the rightful owner, and the value of the markers are labeled.
Somewhere along those lines
When parcel arrived in (Location removed as requested), customs held it. So i sent an email to customs in (Removed) saying it was a gift. They sent email back asking for full details. All i told them was it was sporting goods. I think (Name removed) got away with paying import duty(not 100% sure).
If i were you, you could always say that the markers were borrowed and brought over here by team mates to use in a tourney, from the person your sending to, someone you know thats taken a trip from (removed) to UK. That they had forgotten to take them back with them, and now your sending them back to the rightful owner, and the value of the markers are labeled.
Somewhere along those lines
It seems fairly obvious that you should contact customs and state that these items were shipped to Norway for your own personal use. Find out from them how you can resolve the matter, or get the items returned.
One possible solution would be, if you personally collected them from customs with a covering letter from the event organisers. You would have your passport for id.
One possible solution would be, if you personally collected them from customs with a covering letter from the event organisers. You would have your passport for id.
looking at the uk customs site (Link Below) even if you send an item from abroad to yourself in the UK it is liable to IMPORT taxes... i dont think they distinguish between when, the item was brought or if it is old or new.... These are import taxes and are based on what the customs man thinks the item is worth...
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P44_3927 (copy and paste it)
you have sent these items for yourself but to Norway and i presume its the Norwegian customs who are wanting the import tax? (unless UK customs collect it for them)
1. tell customs the reason the items were sent by post (percieved potentially dangerous item)
2. give them the true value (if they are egos give them planeteclipse's no to confirm new cost and allow 25% depreciation for each you have owned them)
3. get organiser to confirm that you are playing in that event to confirm the circumstances of you posting to yourself
Best of luck
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P44_3927 (copy and paste it)
you have sent these items for yourself but to Norway and i presume its the Norwegian customs who are wanting the import tax? (unless UK customs collect it for them
)1. tell customs the reason the items were sent by post (percieved potentially dangerous item)
2. give them the true value (if they are egos give them planeteclipse's no to confirm new cost and allow 25% depreciation for each you have owned them)
3. get organiser to confirm that you are playing in that event to confirm the circumstances of you posting to yourself
Best of luck
Did you use regular Royal mail?
I'm a wee bit confused because when there's tax to be paid it's usually cash on delivery or you pay it when you pick them up at the post office.
It's a flatrate 25% tax for any goods entering the country with a value higher than 200NOK\£17 unless it's a gift where the highest possible value is 1000NOK\£80.
However, if you're just going to have these guns in the country for said event you should contact the customs office and tell them just that, according to our laws they should drop any tax claims at that point..
(IE bringing the guns back to the UK when you leave = no tax)
As for not knowing that they had to go through customs won't resolve the situation, it's in the disclaimer..
If you have any further questions about this feel free to PM me beause I know pretty much everything there is to know about the evil customs' laws in norway.. :blush:
Sometimes I wish Norway was in the EU, none of this extra tax-bs annoying the hell out of me, VAT FTW
I'm a wee bit confused because when there's tax to be paid it's usually cash on delivery or you pay it when you pick them up at the post office.
It's a flatrate 25% tax for any goods entering the country with a value higher than 200NOK\£17 unless it's a gift where the highest possible value is 1000NOK\£80.
However, if you're just going to have these guns in the country for said event you should contact the customs office and tell them just that, according to our laws they should drop any tax claims at that point..
(IE bringing the guns back to the UK when you leave = no tax)
As for not knowing that they had to go through customs won't resolve the situation, it's in the disclaimer..
If you have any further questions about this feel free to PM me beause I know pretty much everything there is to know about the evil customs' laws in norway.. :blush:
Sometimes I wish Norway was in the EU, none of this extra tax-bs annoying the hell out of me, VAT FTW