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JWestland
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Import duty question
I'd like to buy a bag from the states. My options are send it to wherever I am (where the postal system is in chaos right now), or send it to the UK and have someone who's meeting me bring it.
I've been stung a couple of times with imports, but the main ballache is the ridiculous "handling fee" / parcel-farce-hussle. Obviously I don't want someone who's doing me a favour to have to then pay extra fees.
Is there any way to have a declaration to prepay the fee so as to avoid the handling fee?
Or is it just worth the punt and send some £s to the person picking it up?
Bonus question, is there an EU supplier of anything like (and as nice) as the Tom Bihn Smart Alec?
http://www.tombihn.com/PROD/TB0103.html
Cheers.