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philw
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 Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 07:03 PM
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You're right - I should have said "in excess of that allowance".
£390 is more than the last time I looked, enough for 1.5 GoPro cameras there  |
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Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 12:02 PM
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| having no real knowledge of this.. could people just post/courier back receipts to the UK so they dont get caught with them at customs ? |
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BMcN
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Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 12:07 PM
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snowbadger wrote:
having no real knowledge of this.. could people just post/courier back receipts to the UK so they dont get caught with them at customs ?
Yes however if you are over the allowance and they catch you its up to you to prove they are not new. If they think your lying apparently they can choose the amount you pay unless you can prove otherwise. |
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snowbadger
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Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 12:37 PM
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nickmotture
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Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 03:14 PM
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BMcN wrote:
snowbadger wrote:
having no real knowledge of this.. could people just post/courier back receipts to the UK so they dont get caught with them at customs ?
Yes however if you are over the allowance and they catch you its up to you to prove they are not new. If they think your lying apparently they can choose the amount you pay unless you can prove otherwise.
They cant make you prove something isnt new though nd a receipt wont help that anyway Having a receipt with you will only prove its new, who carries a receipt for anything they own unless they just bought it? |
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philw
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Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 10:44 AM
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Back in the day when no one other than me carried a computer, they used to ask you to prove you weren't importing it to the UK even from within Europe. I always carried the paperwork back then, so I don't know what would have happened otherwise. Once or twice they actually asked me to prove where the thing was bought, usually when flying via Schiphol, which had a good airport market for electronics. I suspect that the onus would be on them to prove you were bad, but that could have taken a lot of time.
I have some rather nifty American dental work which includes a fair bit of endoscopic titanium. I wonder if I should have declared that when I first imported it back here?
On a slightly different tack... I'm not sure why anyone would go abroad, buy a board, and then not use it immediately. So I'd be surprised if you'd be bringing back an unused board. Check with your insurance company how much they depreciate your gear, but after a week's use even if it's in perfect condition I'd doubt that the residual value would be above 50%. So if you can ignore the "half price" attractions of North America and stick to just a board, you may be within that limit anyway.
I think in practice people on ski/ snowboard trips have always broken the import rules by buying boards abroad. There used to be rules within Europe too. Although I suppose it happens, I've never heard of anyone I know getting nailed for this. |
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Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 09:24 PM
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Just to clarify one of the earlier points about the declared value for postage by stores sending from the USA.
The value of the board retail may be $400 as an example, and the declared value for postage is $200.
This may be a concern to you, and it may well cause a smaller bill for customs if teh shop incorrectly fill in the declaration paperwork as they are supposed to enclose a copy of the FULL purchase price. What they are known for doing though is including paperwork that discloses the cost of replacement at wholesale price, which is in effect all it needs to be insured for should anything happen. As that is the price for them to replace and resend... |
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