Thread: shipping from america, help from uk members

Bombay,

I have bought many items from SRD and other US vendors (Sinclair Intl etc.) with no problem at all.

It is most likely that the item is at a Post Office or sorting office awaiting the scalping charges to be paid !!

If you have a tracking number, you should, after some effort, find out where the parcel is. You can then get in touch with them.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

i received my invoice from parcelforce and it is being delivered monday. the charge was £33.26 so ultimately i have ended up paying £70 for shipping,handling and import duty for an item costing £57.

a couple weeks ago i decided to buy a paddle strop so i could use the micron spray as well after honing razors. i was debating the one from strop-shop which includes:- genuine horse hide,
kangaroo leather,
tallow tan leather
hard wool felt

or the lyn abrams paddle which includes :- 2 Pieces Hard Wool Felt
Premium 1 Leather
Scrub Leather
15 Carat .5 Diamond Spray.

neils is £135 or lyns is £57, in the end i thought i would try and save my money and order the lyn abrams paddle. i ordered it and after shipping it was still cheaper than neils. now with parcelforces import duty and handling fees all in all the total for the paddle with lesser quality leather amounted to £130. what a kick in the teeth

so just a heads up for anyone in the UK market for a paddle- GO WITH NEIL!!!

Bombay,

Indeed; the charges we pay are ludicrous

I remember a time when we weren't shafted for purchases from the USA, both for shipping and fees, but that time is well in the past

I have one of Mr Millers aluminium modular paddle strops (IIRC one of the first few he made), and it is superb ; it is my daily strop

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Originally Posted by PhatMan

Bombay,


I have one of Mr Millers aluminium modular paddle strops (IIRC one of the first few he made), and it is superb ; it is my daily strop



Russ

thanks for rubbing it in! i now hate you haha

You guys don't even know how lucky you are
I will pay a 25% tax on everything I buy from abroad that is worth more than about 30-35 USD. And for that pleasure they will charge an admin fee of about 20USD
Often times I will have to go down to the customs office and show a paypal receipt even though the value is declared on the package from the seller.
Every now and then a package slips through though, and how sweet a surprise that is

Confused... Thought that one of the reasons for the EU was to make trade and movement between member countries easier?
Is this whole tax and fee thing a Restraint of Trade issue?

Originally Posted by Johnus

Confused... Thought that one of the reasons for the EU was to make trade and movement between member countries easier?
Is this whole tax and fee thing a Restraint of Trade issue?

Within the Union, yes, the 4 freedoms are the pillars of the whole thing.
The thing is, Alll EU member countries are Europeans, but all European countries are not part of the EU

Originally Posted by bombay

Oh believe me I am a great querererer and I have no quarrels with srd because they have already shipped the item and a very good price. I just didn't realise I now have to pay hm revenue tax/duty as I have never ordered anything from abroad before. If it is going to be a lot I would have just bought it from strop-shop uk in the first place but I was trying to save my pennies

Luck of the draw.
Sometimes, customs holds my packages until I pay the deafult fee. Other times everything just passes.
I've never discovered any pattern. Not value, and not shipping method.
But yeah, 2 weeks is the bare minimum of what I would expect.

what a nice surprise! i bought a le grelot off ebay from france so after my duty tax on the paddle i was wondering how much they would rob me for this. well the royal mail delivered it to me today for free and after i had sanded the rust off and polished it up and started honing it, another knock at the door. parcelforce with my paddle so i got to christen them on the same day

Both the UK and France are part of the EU, so there wouldn't have been any duty due.

Regards,
Neil