QUOTE (alanb @ 29 Mar 2008, 14:25) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Last year, before the Post Office was granted permission to take a handling charge, a large percentage of parcels would get through without customs charge, and therefore the ones I received took just 5 days. This is the first one I have had since charging began.
The charge has been payable for a long time. I beleive the amount changed last year.
QUOTE If you have a package/parcel from abroad that does not incur custom charges, you will still have to pay the £8 handling charge.
That's wrong. You only pay the charge if the package is assessed for VAT or duty. There's currently no duty on Model Railway items so you only need to worry about VAT. If there is no VAT payable (e.g. the value is below the threshold) then there is no handling charge.
Andrew Crosland
The charge has been payable for a long time. I beleive the amount changed last year.
QUOTE If you have a package/parcel from abroad that does not incur custom charges, you will still have to pay the £8 handling charge.
That's wrong. You only pay the charge if the package is assessed for VAT or duty. There's currently no duty on Model Railway items so you only need to worry about VAT. If there is no VAT payable (e.g. the value is below the threshold) then there is no handling charge.
Andrew Crosland