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My parcel is from boomarms, I don’t think it’s been declared a gift, certainly didn’t ask them to do it. It was sent by EMS.
 
My parcel from Octagon which has been in customs since the 23rd Feb is due for delivery tomorrow after a lot of back and forth with Border Force. I got stung for £68 which was nice. I've ordered quite a bit from Octagon and never had any issues and this is the same as it's not Octagon but Border Force that caused the delay. I'll be a happy bunny if Parcel Force actually deliver it tomorrow and not to give it away but I do love it when A plan comes together.
 
novioman said:
My parcel is from boomarms, I don’t think it’s been declared a gift, certainly didn’t ask them to do it. It was sent by EMS.
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Can't remember how they marked it but nothing i've ordered from Boom Arms has ever got caught for customs fees.

mightyjebus said:
My parcel from Octagon which has been in customs since the 23rd Feb is due for delivery tomorrow after a lot of back and forth with Border Force. I got stung for £68 which was nice. I've ordered quite a bit from Octagon and never had any issues and this is the same as it's not Octagon but Border Force that caused the delay. I'll be a happy bunny if Parcel Force actually deliver it tomorrow and not to give it away but I do love it when A plan comes together.
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Had a parcel in customs for about a week, ParcelForce were due to deliver it on Monday, but actually delivered it today. All the courier companies seem to be delivering late at the moment.
 
mightyjebus said:
My parcel from Octagon which has been in customs since the 23rd Feb is due for delivery tomorrow after a lot of back and forth with Border Force. I got stung for £68 which was nice. I've ordered quite a bit from Octagon and never had any issues and this is the same as it's not Octagon but Border Force that caused the delay. I'll be a happy bunny if Parcel Force actually deliver it tomorrow and not to give it away but I do love it when A plan comes together.
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Oooh I like the sound of this parcel

I pitty the fool ! 😂👌
 
Shep120181 said:
Appreciate the replies to my question gents I’m defo gonna give it a go but I’ll keep it under 100 inc postage to be well within what you guys have described

Appreciate the knowledge from the hive mind as always

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It’s always a good idea to leave a comment at check out asking them to declare it as goods and not a gift. I’ve had WGC and MLE Mart declare a £60-£70 order as a gift thinking they were doing me a favour and then I get a £24 import and handling fee on it by PF because they looked at it and it was worth over the £39 gift threshold. When really it was goods. If it is over the £139, most retailers will undervalue it on the customs declaration for you if you ask them. They don’t care about our government taking more tax.
 
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Yeah I think I’ll try something small ish from the likes of 6mm or something see how that goes

It seems to be such a juggling act with what your buying the value etc then factoring in postage costs which I haven’t investigated yet
 
mightyjebus said:
this is the same as it's not Octagon but Border Force that caused the delay.
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Are you sure btw? Usually it's Octagon fucking up the paperwork that causes BF to pull packages aside.

In the US they seem to be blacklisted because people's parcels from Octagon are getting seized at a really high rate
 
no it was Border Force in this instance as they seized the goods until I could provide I had a defense to the VCRA.
 
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