Anyone know a good site for US imports of R1 DVDs that doesn't sting you for customs?

[Rich]

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Got a note through the door yesterday morning from the posties, my copy of the season 2 volume 2 Thundercats boxset has been delivered, but is being held at Pond St post office because there is an £8.89 customs surcharge on it to be paid, WTF?! (Mods I apologise for that, PLEASE don't ban me).

 

I used playusa.com to order, anyone know a good reliable site for US imports that doesn't sting you on customs?

[poppins]

Topic.

 

Got a note through the door yesterday morning from the posties, my copy of the season 2 volume 2 Thundercats boxset has been delivered, but is being held at Pond St post office because there is an £8.89 customs surcharge on it to be paid, WTF?! (Mods I apologise for that, PLEASE don't ban me).

 

I used playusa.com to order, anyone know a good reliable site for US imports that doesn't sting you on customs?

 

Playusa.com, thought you didn't buy anything made in the USA Rich

[Guest]

The site has nothing to do with getting stung by customs. Anything over £18 in value can have VAT and import duty slapped on it.

 

I've used one or two Canadian site and also amazon.com as you can request gift wrapping and for the value not to be written on the outside

[Rich]

Playusa.com, thought you didn't buy anything made in the USA Rich

 

I do buy stuff made in the US, I just don't like some US citizens cos some of them are complete morons.

 

Please note before I get flamed, I said "some" not all.

[willman]

pay the duty like everyone else should do.

thats the whole point of varying region codes - so they can charge you the same duty as you would have paid on a domestic region product(if they did it)

[neeeeeeeeeek]

It's just luck. You have more chance if you get stuff from ebay and ask them to mark it as a gift under 30quid. I got Lost from play USA when it first came out and it came through fine, a frined from work ordered it from DVD boxoffice and got stung. They can't stop every parcel but if it's from an obvious supplier like play then the invoice states whats in it etc..

[sheffdan]

I do buy stuff made in the US, I just don't like some US citizens cos some of them are complete morons.

 

Please note before I get flamed, I said "some" not all.

 

 

We have some complete morons right here in the UK as well!

 

Playusa.com

[JFKvsNixon]

Topic.

 

Got a note through the door yesterday morning from the posties, my copy of the season 2 volume 2 Thundercats boxset has been delivered, but is being held at Pond St post office because there is an £8.89 customs surcharge on it to be paid, WTF?! (Mods I apologise for that, PLEASE don't ban me).

 

I used playusa.com to order, anyone know a good reliable site for US imports that doesn't sting you on customs?

 

 

It is not playusa.com that is stinging you, it is the law. If customs catch you, you must pay. If you do not want to pay an import tax, don't import things into the country.

[poppins]

A few years ago if you sent something as "used items" there was no import tax...things have changes since I guess.

 

I posted my mother a clock from the US about 30 years ago, it cost her 3 times the price of the clock to recieve it........worst part was the clock was a cheap one, I could have sent her the money for what it cost her and she could have bought herself a really good one.

[mr craig]

I've found that getting stuff marked up as "item for test fit" and "customer sample" can get them though without having to pay duty and VAT. I'd say in the past 18 month I've had to pay well over £500 in VAT and duty charges and thats with sneaking a few things through!

 

Thing thing that annoys me even more than the duty and VAT is that the clearance fee's that the post office charge, thats just money for nothing!