Import fees

it is top of internationl istings that buyer is responsible

sellers are not required to mention it

there is bubble comes up if you hover  somewhere round the postage at the top of the listing

items over £15 may be liabel for  vat when they enter the uk from outsode the eu

over £135 vat and duty

+ a handling fee for collection  the duty

work it out here

http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=dutycalculator

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Hi.

Seller doesn`t need to mention it, it is up to yourself to know, and if not, then do your homework.

The import charges are your responsibility to pay

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you too pay i'm afraid government screwing the little guy again lol

NEXT TIME ENSURE THEY MARK THEIR CUSTOMERS FORM THAT THE GOODS ARE UNDER $50 AND THAT IT IS A GIFT, UNLESS ITS MARKED A GIFT YOU PAY DUTY, AND USING A COURIER WILL ALSO ALWAYS HAVE CLEARANCES CHARGES...ALWAYS HAVE IT SEND USPS.....(UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE)...NOT A COURIER.

There's a lot of conflicting advice being given in this thread.

Firstly, it is the responsibility of the purchaser to pay any liable excise/import duty and VAT when purchasing any item outside of the EU.

Secondly, and I'm not sure where people get their figures from, but anything over the value of £15 and anything over the value of £40 (if marked as a gift) is liable to excise/import duty and VAT plus the carriers handling fee for collecting it.

I recently bought something from the USA and the seller marked up the value as £18, I ended up paying £12 duty/VAT and handling fees.

So be forewarned of the possible additional cost of excise/import duty, VAT and handling fee.

And ignore any advice suggesting Customs 'don't bother will small amounts' they do and will collect any duty/VAT payable on anything not marked up as a gift over £15.

NEXT TIME ENSURE THEY MARK THEIR CUSTOMERS FORM THAT THE GOODS ARE UNDER $50 AND THAT IT IS A GIFT, UNLESS ITS MARKED A GIFT YOU PAY DUTY, AND USING A COURIER WILL ALSO ALWAYS HAVE CLEARANCES CHARGES...ALWAYS HAVE IT SEND USPS.....(UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE)...NOT A COURIER.

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This is stupid advice, and is a criminal offence!

And you are commiting a criminal offence by encouraging someone to break the law.

Even if the seller puts in their listing, that they will mark as a gift, then you should not buy from them, as it becomes attempted fraud, by both the seller and the buyer, because the buyer knew that the seller would be doing this.

The fines are huge, and the buyer loses their item and their money, and ends up with a criminal record.

Trust me, you don't want HMRC knocking on your door!!

unfortun ately   you  are  responsible  for  any   item  you  have purchased  from  outside  the   uk, )(  it  is  not  up  to  the  seller  to  tell you  this )  it  is the risk you take,

normally  small    items   are   ignorned   by  customs   but  if  it  is  a  large  item  which  will  avoid   uk  VAT  then   it will  be  opened  and  you  will have  to  pay

Sadly, I feel that so far, the only answer of any real worth, is the one from "apple_tech" (answer 10).

Personal anecdotes, really awful suggestions, and condescending answers (which are really quite insulting) only muddy the waters.  It would be good if somehow "the Community" could hive off the less helpful ones so that people searching for help could get their answer quickly.

Re: Import Tax and Duty, It is not a VERY complicated subject for singly items, but it is easy to fall foul of it through lack of knowledge.  The crucial point is then when HMRC identifies goods as liable, then the person importing (not the seller) is responsible.

Although the listing can warn of possible taxes etc. by virtue of the "location" information (which is all too easy to miss), rather than many people finding out the hard way once, it would be good if, before a bid or BIN price is accepted on the system, a warning was brought up to make sure the user understands the potential liability (relatively easily coded when the Buyer location and Item location are different countries).

Not Ebay's "fault", certainly, but having facilitated inter-continental purchasing (from which it profits), it would be good for just a little more hand-holding for the uninitiated.

I think this is important because through such purchases, Ebay makes money, the Seller gets their money, and the inadvertent buyer then doesn't get the great bargain they originally envisaged but cannot afford to just abandon their purchase.