VIMES - when on earth are you going to get your PSP??

[leggy]

Kpow - let me know when you find out the % of duty that is payable on a PSP.

[Vimes220]

According to C&E the if the console plugs in to a TV then it is duty required, if handheld then duty free code 9504909000, games of an optical media nature are subject to Duty, of technically PSP but if the games are one off and can't be recorded and the fact they are in a "Cartridge" then duty free again. These items are VAT chargable. Call HMCE on 0845 010 9000 and go through to the toys section.

So a PSP is duty free put games aint?

[Kpow]

It is 0% duty on handheld consoles, if you have been charged duty by a courier then get the receipt from them copy to HMCE for a refund. ParcelForce did not charge me any duty. Again, you will more than likely get hit with the VAT and any charges the handler adds.

BTW you didn't answer my questions

[Vimes220]

btw, keep the jokes about my suffering waiting for my PSP comming, i'm a big boy and can take it. oh and huck_fin love the joke cheered me up no end, maybe i will watch out the window for the fethered little bugger, he must have stopped off for some pigeon food!!!!

[Kpow]

Well Vimes games is a funny thing, when i asked the guy he said that duty was due on optical media unless it was a cartridge such as Gameboy etc. when i explained that the optical media was in a cartridge he said "is it a one off ie. you can't record on to it?" i said that it was a cart that can't have anything written on to it he said that it would be Duty Free, just VAT.

It's a tricky thing, don't rely on someone else telling you, just call the number i posted and go through to Toys section and ask, it's quite quick and i didn't wait long to get through.

If you want the right answer get it from the horses mouth

[Mental2k]

sounds like my ipod, came from america marked as $12 speaker phone, to avoid import costs. Many things that come through ebay are marked in such ways to avoid the cost. However major companies tend not to lie on their parcels. I dont see why they dont actually charge like £10 for the item then a further £200 or whatever for postage, and then include a reciept for the item, sayin it cost £10. Or is postage subject to vat also?

I wonder if they post it to jersey, then from jersey to mainland would you get around it that way. (not as random as it seems, play.com are based in jersey and we dont have to pay vat or import costs from there)

[Vimes220]

sorry Kpow, which question?

[leggy]

sounds like my ipod, came from america marked as $12 speaker phone, to avoid import costs. Many things that come through ebay are marked in such ways to avoid the cost. However major companies tend not to lie on their parcels. I dont see why they dont actually charge like £10 for the item then a further £200 or whatever for postage, and then include a reciept for the item, sayin it cost £10. Or is postage subject to vat also?

I wonder if they post it to jersey, then from jersey to mainland would you get around it that way. (not as random as it seems, play.com are based in jersey and we dont have to pay vat or import costs from there)

The postage is subject to charges too.

[Kpow]

OK leggy, i see it say "most goods" not all goods. Two questions, have you spoken to HMCE or just looked up details on their web site? if so what was the 10 digit code they gave you? mine was 9504909000

Those questions.

[leggy]

Kpow - I didn't import mine so I didn't get a code.

Listen, I am glad that you didn't pay duty, but I bet a lot of people who didn't know they could phone HMCE did.