Brexit Import Taxes

[Druid799]

I ordered a set of SOG Para shears from a seller in the states on the 6th of Jan I’ve bought from them a couple of times with no problem orders always arrived with in about two wks . SO still not arrived tracking info says ‘left distribution centre for destination country on the 8th’ , and has continued to say the same since then ! Contacted the seller yesterday comes back to me about 2hrs later to say my order is in a distribution centre in Switzerland due to Brexit ! WTF !!!!
apparently USPS is Send a big chunk of there UK bound mail to Switzerland so Swiss Post then deliver it to the uk ! ? 

 

[gunbod007]

I hope they aren’t sending it UPS. Holosun sent mine via UPS, what a disaster lol

Do tell?

 

[Guest]

Do tell?

it went from Germany, to Belgium, back to Germany, then France over a two week period.

Then, when it got to the U.K., UPS gave me four different delivery dates, none of which they met.

Having had enough, I rang them and said I was going to pick up. Despite my nearest depot being the London Hub, they insisted it was at a local depot a further half an hour away.

I duly went there, no sight. No sir, it’s still at the London Hub.

Drove to the London hub, waited over an hour before they said they didn’t know where it was, and I couldn’t take nor could they deliver it. I insisted on seeing a supervisor. They said it will be available to pick up the following day, OR they might deliver, they would ring me in the morning and they would confirm, refused to give me a contact number

No phone call next morning, rang help desk again, they insisted it was at the hub still.

I went back to the hub, different supervisor, sorry sir we can’t find it. At this point I insisted they find it, two and a half hours later they did. 
 

Whilst I was there, two other people came in with similar problems. The security guard (who was retiring that day) said he sends lots of Toby Jugs by post as a sideline, and despite getting a discount from UPS refused to use them as they were “total crap” delivering parcels to private individuals 

 

[Shamal]

it went from Germany, to Belgium, back to Germany, then France over a two week period.

Then, when it got to the U.K., UPS gave me four different delivery dates, none of which they met.

Having had enough, I rang them and said I was going to pick up. Despite my nearest depot being the London Hub, they insisted it was at a local depot a further half an hour away.

I duly went there, no sight. No sir, it’s still at the London Hub.

Drove to the London hub, waited over an hour before they said they didn’t know where it was, and I couldn’t take nor could they deliver it. I insisted on seeing a supervisor. They said it will be available to pick up the following day, OR they might deliver, they would ring me in the morning and they would confirm, refused to give me a contact number

No phone call next morning, rang help desk again, they insisted it was at the hub still.

I went back to the hub, different supervisor, sorry sir we can’t find it. At this point I insisted they find it, two and a half hours later they did. 
 

Whilst I was there, two other people came in with similar problems. The security guard (who was retiring that day) said he sends lots of Toby Jugs by post as a sideline, and despite getting a discount from UPS refused to use them as they were “total crap” delivering parcels to private individuals 

UPS =Unprofessional Pillocks Society 

 

[Rogerborg]

 For a £16 item, you might see additional costs like £12 in import taxes

You shouldn't.  Anything under £135 should be charged 20% VAT at source by the seller, with no duties to pay.  This is now consistently applied by (e.g.) eBay and AliExpress, although whether the sellers are paying that on to HMRC is another question (but not our problem).

Over £135, you get into the weeds of import duties, and we have to pay the ransom fee to release our goods from HMRC jail.