has anyone in UK bought cigar boxes from USA from Gitty , Cigar box deals etc? have there been custom charges on top?I'd like to buy half a dozen or so ...but..
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Yes, you're likely to have charges - VAT at 20% on anything over £15 value, plus a Royal Mail flat rate handling fee of £8.00...it's a pain, but it happens. There may also be customs duty on things over about £135. There's no point in asking the USA seller - the tax and duty is levied at the port of entry, it's nothing to to with the seller- it's all the buyers/importer's responsibility.
I import a fair bit of of stuff from the USA and you just have to get used to it I'm afraid. Sometimes stuff doesn't attract the attention of the powers that be, but more often that not you'll get hit. And by the way, if you get your seller to (illegally) under-declare the value, Border Agency are wise to that dodge, so it's also possible that they will hold onto the stuff until you make a true declaration of the value - you'll have to produce invoices or other proof of purchase - and they won't release the goods until you've produced all the paperwork and paid all the charges.
This isn't a scare story or a result of me looking up the info on the web..I have direct experience of all this palaver.
thanks for your reply John, i was looking to a budget of around £80 all in..
Wayfinder the nearest proper tobacconist is 50mls from my location ,i asked them about cigar boxes a couple of years ago and got emphatic 'NO!, quite unfriendly i thought ,and did offer to pay...
yeah i know, that's what i've been doing,it's just the cbgs i have made sold no problem,i just want to let my hobby pay for itself..
incidentally, at a festival the other week a lady remarked to her companion " hey that'd look great hanging on the wall" i couldn't resist saying " ah ,that's art then ,be another 40 quid" needless to say there was no sale. they weren't buying anyhow ...;)
the boxes from cbdeals are $3-$4 each, it's the shipping etc that stuffs it..
I've bought a lot of boxes from USA, the shipping charges vary greatly depending on the seller but if you buy them two or three at a time it will be cheaper, most come out about 10 or 15 pounds each if they're decent boxes like Punch. one guy I buy many from is markinsofla on ebay, he's pretty reasonable, keep the buying value under 20 dollars per ship and you won't have to pay import duty. :-)
Maybe this will help? UK based.
http://www.cgarsltd.co.uk/accessories-empty-cigar-boxes-c-319_546.html
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