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Would be interested to know what value CN marked them down as on the export packing slip. £30ish import VAT on what's probably a £300+ set of wheels still isn't bad. Still roughly half what you should legally be asked to pay.
I recently paid £21 (incl. £8 PF handling fee) for a rim that cost me £91 in the Ali 11/11 sale. Box was marked as being worth $48... (= £40ish at the time, so should have had VAT of about £8).
Guessing HMRC are pretty wise to imports being marked down from their true cost/value, so to an extent, they just make it up as they go along.
Lukas-
Yeah, I'm not complaining about the customs charge, but do feel PF sticking an extra charge on is a bit cheeky. I'll let you know the value cn*carbon marked it as.
I've bought some electronics and bits for a couple of drones before and never had to pay customs, but I guess a pair of wheels is a bit more obvious (and high value).
TurtleRecall
£42 customs charge. They didn't break it down for me over the phone, but I think about £8 of that is PF's bullshit handling fee. Should get them tomorrow morning!