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[allana]

Argh. I hate Customs & Excise.

£34.12 to pay on an order which cost £70ish, which included a huge amount of shipping, too. Fricking unbelievable. Of course, it doesn't help that the shipping company included the $55 shipping/handling in the "worth of goods" box, which I'm pretty sure affected the calculations. The only blesing is that they did put all the order in one box and I shan't be woken up tomorrow with more monetary demands.

Considering what I was buying, I can only look upon this as a Fat Tax.

Still, at least I now have a bit of variety in terms of maternity clothes. I actually look quite funky today :D Hopefully Dave approves since it was his treat!

Comments

[bella-cheval.livejournal.com]

OOOO!! Do we get pics of you in your new maternity threads??

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Unlikely. I'm not feeling very photogenic.

[kyra-belmont.livejournal.com]

But Im sure you look radient! :)

[stonefinder.livejournal.com]

The excise was half the total cost of the items?

Wow.

That is a major butt fuck. Any chance of getting a refund if you can prove that some of the value was shipping?

Ha! What am I thinking? It's the government we're talking about.

Damn, that sucks.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

I thought about calling and complaining, but I can't be bothered arguing over it.

[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

That is unbelievable. Do you have to pay duty on everything you buy abroad?

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

It depends where you're buying from and what it is that you're buying. If I'd had the clothes shipped to H and then reshipped to me, marked "gifts", there would have been no duty. (Although, I would have had to pay state tax, I think.) It is a bit of a lottery--I know people have bought from that website before and not been charged duty, so it's probably just very bad luck.