Buying from the USA and shipping

[toastybase]

Has anyone bought from the USA online?

[T6 vanman]

Yes,
Private sale from e-bay, seller had appalling handwriting and it appears missed a zero off the customs declaration,
Store sale, seller typed the customs declaration,

Both arrived quickly and in good condition,

What's the question??

[Halitosis]

If new then expect UK Customs to quarantine it until you pay 20% VAT. Don't believe that applies to second hand goods though someone hopefully can confirm

[anonymous-user]

Yes. Several times. Mostly car/tuning parts from the likes of Fabspeed.

Everything has arrived fairly quickly and without issue. I've usually had to pay the VAT/duty on whatever it was, but that in itself was easy.

Sometimes you get lucky and the company is a smaller outfit who will happily write the value on the package as being a lot less than it actually cost.

[Jordan210]

Make sure if you have a choice of shipping companies you pick one that does charge a large admin fee.

Most are £10 on top off the vat and customs.