Rewop
Registered user
Hi All,
Just for info, I recently purchased some items from Germany at a cost of £170 including £12 delivery charge. I have received a letter from Royal Mail today advising that there are additional charges of £53.09 to pay before delivery. The charges are £7.53 Customs Duty, £33.56 Import VAT, and £12 clearance fee. The VAT is to be expected as I don't think it was included in the purchase price. In spite of the other costs, overall the items were still marginally cheaper than buying them in the UK but not as big a bargain as first appeared.
Just for info, I recently purchased some items from Germany at a cost of £170 including £12 delivery charge. I have received a letter from Royal Mail today advising that there are additional charges of £53.09 to pay before delivery. The charges are £7.53 Customs Duty, £33.56 Import VAT, and £12 clearance fee. The VAT is to be expected as I don't think it was included in the purchase price. In spite of the other costs, overall the items were still marginally cheaper than buying them in the UK but not as big a bargain as first appeared.