Postage to USA

[waltdis2000]

I have a potential buyer asking how much it will cost him in postage etc to buy my item. Please can someone help me? 

[*vyolla*]

You'll need to check Royal Mail's International Tracked service prices, and factor in that you'll need to pay an extra 10% of the item value in the form of a tariff plus £1.50 (if you buy a label from the Post Office, 50p if you buy online).

Then add the international postage method and price to your listing (if you want to go ahead).

[tommystrezures]

@*vyolla*  the last three parcels we have sent we haven't had to pay the fee to the post office etc. There seems to be a bit of a hold on this at present. However all of a sudden certain items if the HS code is correct are actually exempt, but this would never be known until the electronic declarations are done at the end of the transaction.

[*vyolla*]

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@tommystrezures wrote:

@*vyolla*  the last three parcels we have sent we haven't had to pay the fee to the post office etc. There seems to be a bit of a hold on this at present. However all of a sudden certain items if the HS code is correct are actually exempt, but this would never be known until the electronic declarations are done at the end of the transaction.

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Last thing I sent to the US was week before last and I paid the £1.50. I sent a couple of vinyl LPs and even though they're tariff exempt I got charged the £1.50 admin fee, which is pretty outrageous as there's no admin!

Are they still charging the tariff?