Importing from the US from a friend

[Snakeeyes75]

Just a quick follow up, The gun arrived in the last week, My only issue was the dumb ass customs tw*ts misread $20 as $200 and I had a bl**dy massive charge to pay. I've had this before and I know I can get my money back (After about 6 weeks).

 

[team flex]

haha don't think they misread it. I reckon they just test who they are up against and if they get a few rich people who cba to argue and pay up then they are happy people. (who knows?)

 

[Snakeeyes75]

haha don't think they misread it. I reckon they just test who they are up against and if they get a few rich people who cba to argue and pay up then they are happy people. (who knows?)

This is the third time it's happened since Christmas and I recieve approx 500+ packages from the US each year, most stuff is left alone but when this kind of thing happens it's a pain in the ass to get compensation or refund! I have the neccesarry BOR form saved on my desktop. Dealing with them is like pulling teeth! I'll end up spending a good £20 on phone calls due to this latest cock up

 

[Richard65]

H ow much did they charge ? $40 would be the 20% VAT (on the wrong figure) plus V AT on the postage cost and maybe a handling fee by the postal service/courier company. Maybe they opened the package and decided that the real value exceeded $20.

Did the other four packages also get caught as you mentioned that the total cost was around 100 so maybe with shipping on top you have not done too badly overall.

 

[Snakeeyes75]

H ow much did they charge ? $40 would be the 20% VAT (on the wrong figure) plus V AT on the postage cost and maybe a handling fee by the postal service/courier company. Maybe they opened the package and decided that the real value exceeded $20.

Did the other four packages also get caught as you mentioned that the total cost was around 100 so maybe with shipping on top you have not done too badly overall.

No they didn't open the package. There were 3 packages in total and all 3 arrived without any question of what was inside. All 3 were declared at $20 but one was mistaken at $200. The cost of shipping on that one was $57 priority as it had the rail/inner barrel and paperwork. (Plus my friend also chucked in a couple of rare GI Joe comics). So the total was $257, 20% of that was $51.40 plus the £16 handling fee as it was rushed through as a priority item so the total I paid was £50.63 (I have no clue what exchange rate they used). So maybe not massive but £50 which was due to them not reading! The label clearly read $20 with no fading on any of the numbers. Like I said, i've had this kind of issue before and argued with them probably about 8 times in the last 3-4 years!