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Had to pay an £8.80 customs surcharge to Royal Mail for an item from Jersey. Is this right?
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11-12-2020 11:42 AM
I had a card left by my postman saying I had a parcel waiting to be delivered but I had to pay a "Customs Charge". This amounted to £8.80. I wasn't sure what item I had ordered that this charge was related to...so I payed by PayPal, and was surprised when it was delivered to realise it was something I had ordered from the Channel Islands (an item that only cost £3.95) Is this right? And why has this only happened to me for an item from the Channel Islands when previously I have ordered stuff from Hong Kong/Australia/USA.etc with no Customs Surcharges? I'm baffled!
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11-12-2020
5:33 PM
The charge is correct all goods from CI are subject to VAT @20% to UK,there is no lower limit,Royal Mail then have a fixed fee of £8 to collect the VAT this fee doesn't change even if the VAT due is higher,Other couriers charge considerably more.
Your CI seller could have prepaid the vat before sending negating the £8 RM charge.
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