fidgec94 Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 For what its worth.... Commodity code for Guitar/Instrument parts: 9209940000 Duty expected to be paid on such items: 2.7% I don't know whether it can be extended to complete guitars or just specifically parts. I was pricing some things up and thought i'd better know exactly what i'd get charged this end. Don't forget, duty is added to the cost of the goods PLUS shipping and then VAT goes on top of that. I understand that there can be a third charge; this is a brokerage surcharge imposed by the postal service that take the item(s) through customs. This seems to be a bit more hit and miss - out of 14 feedback responses on the Warmoth site only one person was charge (£10). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted July 21, 2004 Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 Touch wood, (ahahaha), I've not been hit for anything that's come into me from the USA, Taiwan or anywhere else for that matter, but it's better to be pre-warned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted July 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Have you spent much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willliam_q Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 i bought $189 worth of guitar pickups from musictoyz.com. the courier charged me £20 customs charges!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 My brother Lee bought an Ibanez guitar neck from LGM about 18 months ago and shipped it to UK. he had to pay an additional 50 quid just to get it out of customs. i remember him being pissed although the neck was fantastic... just my $0.02. LGM was great though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 when i got my fuzz probe pedal from america, i got away with import charge i think coz it was a gift, got charged VAT which was ok.....but got a charge of £35 or something from Royal Mail saying it's a clearance fee......whats this?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtommyb Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 ive stopped buying stuff from the US now cuz of VAT, import charges and any other way they are trying to get my money for buying somehting elsewhere... cuz it just ends up only a few £ less and twice as much hasstle when ordering from america !!! just shop about or see if you can get them not to put the value on the outside of the packaging cuz then they dont know how much import charge to put on and just send it straight out! BigT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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