miserable gits!

[captain cojones]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6202228.stm

[Chris Goddard]

Sod it!! I'm going to FRANCE then to do MY shopping!!

[Elton]

You think that's bad - miserable sods are giving me a VAT inspection on Tuesday

[Guest Ferret1959]

Buy online from the States, I've not had anything checked.

[billy50000]

Hi all

 

damn customs:(

 

then again if i could afford the trip id not bother bringing anything back that i couldnt wear as clothes:)hehe

 

your screwd if you like prada and other high priced stuff as thats one item at £145:)

 

aimed at the poooooosh i thinks:)

 

this country stinks!!!up the revolution:)

[Elton]

Personally (and rather selfishly), I wish the dollar would hurry up and make a recovery. I mostly get paid in dollars and at the moment, it doesn't matter how much work I do, my wages go down each month!

[Alan Fawcett]

Newt kindly sent some stuff over and asked me to pass some of it onto Steve Burke as it saved postage.

 

I was charged £15 in duty cos the nosy gits at customs had opened it and found some lures ect for Steve and a hard drive (2nd hand) that Newt had sent for me.

 

Thery charged me the duty for a new hard drive after somehow working out that th one Newt had sent me was worth over £100!!!!

 

From what i've been told they check a lot of mail and then keep a list of addresses that have recieved stuff, if it becomes a regular thing then they start opening stuff and applying the charges which you have to pay at the mail collection point or you don't get the stuff.

[Elton]

I've had stuff sent for review before, stuff that I didn't even know was coming, and been charged for it!

[corydoras]

I guess you guys think that one should be able to import whatever you like, from anywhere in the world and not pay any import duty.

[Alan Fawcett]

erm no but when i'm getting charged "new" import rates for second hand stuff it does get a smidgen upsetting.