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

[leggy]

Vimes,

every time you post you sign off with it's coming / it's on its way / nearly here / I can smell it now / so close / etc. etc.

Just tell me - WHEN IS IT GOING TO ARRIVE?

[aseddon130]

he said in another thread he hopes itl arrive on monday or somewhere near that, he might aswell have gone to Japan and bought the thing his-self lol

i feel sorry for him ... having to wait so long !!

[Vimes220]

officially, as i ordered it Easter sat (afternoon HK time i later found out) and as it was dispatched via airmail on the 30TH/31ST (according to an e-mail) i should recieve it between 6 and 14TH. But order status didn't change untill Sat 2ND (well thats when i noticed it changed), So by that it could be between 9TH and 16TH

btw, selected Airmail as i saw in a thread on this site that it would avoid import duty.

[Vimes220]

when i open the box i will change my signature to "I can smell it" when i open the box. But then i won't have time to post messages then coz i will be 'pre-ocupied'


it probably seems like i have been waiting longer coz i have posted over 100 posts in 1 week

[leggy]

Vimes, next time ask for this type of delivery -

<img src="http://tinypic.com/2lpb1l" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

[Kpow]

btw, selected Airmail as i saw in a thread on this site that it would avoid import duty.

Been reading posts for a couple of weeks now and have my PSP in hand. speaking from experience Vimes you won't have to pay Duty as it is not a duty chargeable item, you will have to pay VAT though. I got my PSP from US on Ebay, probably paid a little more than most but worth it (£243 inc SP2 game and all the charges). The guy i bought it from marked the value down and wrote Video games on the customs note, the thing that hurt though was the monkeys at parcelforce charging £13.50 to chuck it through customs with a thousand other packages. I bid mine on Good Friday (appropriate) and it arrived on 4th , not bad going really.

[leggy]

Kpow - sorry to say that it is a duty chargeable item! Anything over £18 is subject to duty.

[Kpow]

Leggy, anything over £18 is subject to "VAT". Duty is another charge and if you check the Customs and Excise website PDF on duty items it is zero. My handling record from Parcel Force who have to process for cutsoms has £0 duty listed. Maybe it was the way it was marked up as Video Games rather than console?!?!

[leggy]

http://www.dhl.co.uk/info/duty.html

As Internet shopping becomes more popular, what is often not understood is that as soon as you hit the return key to purchase a product from another country, then effectively you become an importer and become liable for Duty and VAT payments.
It's not always about the purchasing!
If someone sends you a gift from abroad that is over £36 in value, you will also be obliged to pay the Duty and VAT unless the person who sent it has agreed to pay it themselves.

[leggy]

What is the rate of Duty?
The rate of Duty for any given product should be the same no matter into which EU country they are imported, but may differ depending upon the country of origin. Set annually by the EU, rates run from 1st January to 31st December and are published in a Customs Tariff issued by each EU country. Duty is usually percentage based, and averages between 5-9% with extremes of nil and 85%.
How is the rate determined?
Goods are classified using the Customs Tariff in order to arrive at the rate of Duty. The EU uses a ten digit coding and there are approximately 14,000 classifications.
What is the value for Duty?
Customs assess the amount of Duty to be paid based on the declared value of the goods plus the transport costs to the country of destination.