Damn Customs

[BluMonkey]

Originally Posted by jdc115

This really is not their fault. Regardless of the discount they offered, they are suppose to declare the true value of the goods that the export to comply with all laws. Customs often compares like goods when auditing things being imported so they would have to be consistent on the value declared for each of the same goods.

If somebody send you a plasma TV for free, it still has to have a declared value that will have to be paid when it is imported. It is the same for other items, if they give you a discount but not your neighbor, as far as import department is concerned, that value declared should be the same as they are the same goods.

I have no problem with that .. the problem is they put the total value not the individual value ... $19 is only £10 I only pay Duty etc over £18 or $36
But because they put a total value of $119 I have to stump up £18 which is just because of the label ie I could order 1000's of disks @ $36 and not pay duty as long as each one is under that amount but if you call it one item and its 1000 x $36 then I will have to pay

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by BluMonkey

I have no problem with that .. the problem is they put the total value not the individual value ... $19 is only £10 I only pay Duty etc over £18 or $36
But because they put a total value of $119 I have to stump up £18 which is just because of the label ie I could order 1000's of disks @ $36 and not pay duty as long as each one is under that amount but if you call it one item and its 1000 x $36 then I will have to pay

Sorry, I misunderstood, do you mean they partially shipped your order and put the value of the complete order on the shipment? If so, then that is just wrong. Their commecial invoice should reflect the value of the individual items contained within that shipment. If not, something seems screwed up.