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| factory:
OK, ebay in the UK/EU are only required to collect VAT for orders up to £135 or 150Euro. https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/selling-policies/tax-policy?id=4348 David |
| alm:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 26, 2023, 02:55:41 pm ---The screenshot shows an example of the issues... The item is being shipped using the eIS. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294805147555 Will I or won't I be hit by a $800+ bill when this is delivered? I can't square that with a previous eBay CSR response, particularly the first paragraph. --- End quote --- My understanding of their response is that if the costs are listed on the page, eBay will handle the customs process and this is what you'll pay to eBay. If there are no fees on the page, like on this page for me, eBay won't handle the customs process, and the shipping company will bill you based on the declared value. But you'll pay VAT etc either way. |
| m k:
I didn't see a single old style priced item, cheap or not. So all taxes were missing but I understand that extra costs, after shipping, are customs only. Assumed .com private Shipping: GBP 10.00 (approx EUR 11.36) Economy Shipping. See detailsfor shipping International shipment of items may be subject to customs processing and additional charges. Located in: Caterham, United Kingdom So the way of the ebay land has changed. At least it knew that around here Germany and Poland are not international. Wrong item location, deliberate or not, is still a problem. Odd that here co.uk Endoscope had no customs warning. Postage: US $67.00 (approx £54.79) eBay International Standard Delivery. See detailsfor postage Located in: Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States Same from .com Shipping: US $67.00 (approx EUR 62.25) eBay International Standard Delivery. See detailsfor shipping International shipment of items may be subject to customs processing and additional charges. Located in: Farmingdale, New Jersey, United States |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: alm on March 26, 2023, 04:30:47 pm --- --- Quote from: tggzzz on March 26, 2023, 02:55:41 pm ---The screenshot shows an example of the issues... The item is being shipped using the eIS. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294805147555 Will I or won't I be hit by a $800+ bill when this is delivered? I can't square that with a previous eBay CSR response, particularly the first paragraph. --- End quote --- My understanding of their response is that if the costs are listed on the page, eBay will handle the customs process and this is what you'll pay to eBay. If there are no fees on the page, like on this page for me, eBay won't handle the customs process, and the shipping company will bill you based on the declared value. But you'll pay VAT etc either way. --- End quote --- I expect to pay the relevant tax and import duties to someone. That is not a problem. If I want to buy something for say £100 or £1000, that is fine because I can make an informed decision as to whether to proceed or abort. What is intolerable is to be offered something for £100 with no indication of what it will end up costing. It might, for all I know, end up being £160, i.e. a 60% uplift. (20% VAT, 20% import duties, and the shipping company adding yet another £20 for their admin). EBay say I will have.to ask the shipping company. Do you think they will reply?! |
| alm:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on March 26, 2023, 06:05:12 pm ---EBay say I will have.to ask the shipping company. Do you think they will reply?! --- End quote --- Would you even know which shipping company to ask? The big ones like UPS and FedEx have documents on their website listing charges, for example this document for FedEx US. The admin fees for FedEx are listed under "Disbursement Fee (may be identified as Advancement Fee or Duty Handling Fee in certain countries)" as "Greater of $12 or 2% of duty, tax, and merchandise processing fee charges" unless you are importing something like live animals or have a package containing more than three products that are all listed separately on the airway bill (Additional Entry Line Items, per line over 3 lines). FedEx UK will have slightly different prices in GBP. VAT is usually the same rate for most electronics products (20% for the UK according to Google), and duties is set by your government depending on the type of product. I can't remember buying something that had 20% duty. Most of the electronics stuff I buy is 0% duty or something like 5%. But this is EU, not UK. I can usually make a pretty accurate estimate based on this and the admin fees my local shipping companies charge. |
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