jellybaby-
I'm not really sure how you can say "not really" to the fact I haven't been charged anything by customs for a bunch of stuff I've ordered from China
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Not really as I've had customs charges for things I've bought from Germany.
Yarp, right now all (ground based) freight that comes in from Europe, and that comes through Europe to get to us here is being given a "paper-based" inspection, by people in clearance centres. Which means the lorry itself is waved through - basically on the honour system, customs and excise trusting that if the paperwork says "150 washing machines" then that's what is in there. You have been charged for your goods from Germany because the paperwork said you should be - but if the person shipping the goods had put something else on the paperwork you'd have paid that, as there are no checks (as long as it wasn't air-freighted).
Come October the 1st we are (apparently, many don't believe it will happen) going to start opening trucks and having a look, to see whether they genuinely do have 150 washing machines in the back, and checking whether sausages are made from Percy Pig rather than Henry Horse.
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Dammit
That explains why I haven't had a single customs charge for any the shit I've bought from China.