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I bought a handmade frame and belt drive kit from US EBay about for a total of $800. ............blah.............blah........ a tiny import bill, marked value = $65. What a star!
that little stunt is great if the delivery goes okay, if the item is lost or damaged in transit, how much would you claim from paypal and in turn from the seller? for sure you could claim the full 800 and they would pay you no doubt, but would it be right for you to do this?
that considered i think its a very poor bet/gamble. just a thought, just a thought.sorry if i missed something.
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To be fair if it got lost you wouldn't know the value marked on the goods. However the latest stunt that HMRC pulled on me was to hold the goods, even though they were marked as low value educational item (which they were) and insist on a copy of the invoice from the seller. I don't think they would have been impressed to find out that someone had been trying to defraud them. Tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion is not. My experience is that the larger the box, the more likely it is to get stopped.
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Declaring as a gift for the purpose of avoiding duty and tax is needless to say an offence and one the HMRC are well aware of. Reputable sellers won't do it, but the choice is of course yours. I mean its the government, right? Like benefit fraud, its OK to rip the government off because its our money anyway.
true dat
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What do people think of these? They seem reasonbly cheap but I'm not sure about having a machined rear.
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Declaring as a gift for the purpose of avoiding duty and tax is needless to say an offence and one the HMRC are well aware of. Reputable sellers won't do it, but the choice is of course yours. I mean its the government, right? Like benefit fraud, its OK to rip the government off because its our money anyway.
Did you really just compare import duty avoidance to benefit fraud? Jeez...
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Did you really just compare import duty avoidance to benefit fraud? Jeez...
No that's import duty evasion not avoidance. Avoidance would be for example bringing the goods in through another EU country which had lower customs duties (though I don't know if there is one).
So yes, sorry, customs duty evasion = fraud.
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Am i missing something or is this a bargain?! Only 4hrs left
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There's probably a 100 watchers and it'll go for around £125-150
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PhilWoodDeepV's (fixed link)
Am i missing something or is this a bargain?! Only 4hrs left
what you're missing is an understanding of the whole essence of ebay. 4 seconds left and people might be a bit more intrigued.
I presume it's your wheel and you're panicking..
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Fella at HH jumble always has 7600 DA front and back, sold singularly and think he does a pair for £110
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Remind me nearer the time, 2nd Sat of every month
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don't tell me he was there two weekends ago.....
Yep, the fat fella with white hair, always next to his mate with long straggly brown/grey hair and glasses
They're ALWAYS there
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I bought a handmade frame and belt drive kit from US EBay about for a total of $800. It was a bargin, even with the £20 + 22.5% import fees (I'm in Norway). I politely asked the seller if he could price it down a wee bit, making sure that he understood that feedback would not be affected either way. It turned up at my local postoffice together with a tiny import bill, marked value = $65. What a star!
If I'd known in advance I'd have told trhe same white lie to Mrs Smallfurry ;) *
(*NB acting macho, would'nt really)