import errr, tax

[TheDave]

i'm wondering if somebody with worldly brain-ness could help me.


if you didn't know i imported a ds and games from hong-kong the price excluding delivery was about £145, then when it came to the door customs asked for about £44 :ohmy:

i'm just wondering if i actually owed them that money and if i could get it back :huh:

just wondering cos i know you dont need to pay if you do teh booze cruise for personal consumption. but then, france is in the EC


:helpsmilie:

[DanB]

I have heard of that, its b it if a skank, the idea is to get them to mark down the value of what was in the package but too late for that

[TheDave]

:huh:

[DanB]

Miaow?

[Mathea]

i just bought some Jamesons.

[TheDave]

i knew i should've done it in the drawing room

[DanB]

No I dont think you can claim it back :lol:

[TheDave]

I have heard of that, its bit if a skank, the idea is to get them to mark down the value of what was in the package but too late for that

does that mean converse with the import company? i was thinking if i donated the £145 and they sent the stuff as i gift... :shifty:

but like you said, too late

[DanB]

Maybe you should be asking someone with a clue though. I am just taking this from what I read in the thing about skanking the dude with the fake laptop

[TheDave]

i was expecting j'pol to help but a PM would just be mithering (sp?)

[DanB]

mithering?

This isn't the new word thread :lol:

[TheDave]

you know like when you nag people. pronounced - my-ther-ing

[DanB]

Its new to me, or do you mean mothering? :unsure:

[enoughfakefiles]

you know like when you nag people. pronounced - my-ther-ing

I think it`s a nothern thing dave. :01:

[TheDave]

not just me then?

[TheDave]

so the full 30% is fair? i checked hmce.go.uk and they dont have the import rates

[sArA]

so the full 30% is fair? i checked hmce.go.uk and they dont have the import rates

Whats fair got to do with anything? :blink:


btw....I know what mithering is too....I am from the midlands so it must be a 'North of the Watford Gap Services' type thing. :lol:

[TheDave]

it makes me really angry because they really dont deserve 1 penny of it. well ok 1p for seeing it safely through and the whole immigration thing. actually fuck that, they dont deserve shit

[Mathea]

do i detect a little anger here? :unsure:

[TheDave]

just kind of embarrassing when i had to scrounge 40 quid off my mam while the ups guy comes in to use our phone to check if i can pay by debit card :angry:

[DanB]

about £44 worth

[j2k4]

Do I take it you regard this particular "tax" as unjust, Dave? :huh:

Now you know how I feel all the time.

BTW-Would you feel less put-out if you knew they were going to feel hungry babies with the loot?

How 'bout if it goes into the pay packet of a bureaucrat?

[TheDave]

all the time?

is that because i don't normally pay tax? no 17.5% off everything i buy or 20% of my wage

[Samurai]

all the time?

is that because i don't normally pay tax? no 17.5% off everything i buy or 20% of my wage


22% :P :(

[TheDave]

The UK doesn't get the Customs Duty, it all goes to the EU. You will have to take it up with Brussels.


will they claim on my plane tickets?

[TheDave]

so i just go up and knock on the door then?






the truth is i'm not too bothered, its just the shock of so much money on an unexpected cash on delivery charge. if i knew beforehand i wouldn't mind. it's still a bargain compared to uk prices