[mynaflzak]

i recently ordered 2 dresses off of amazon.co.uk and upon delivery i got hit with 50% import duty. Nowhere on the page that i purchased these from did it say it was a chinese importer.

I can understand ebay as more often than not the items location is nearly always clearly stated and that there's a possibility of paying import duty

Im not even sure what to think now, customs duty from an order on amazon.co.uk [cursing]

[etdgxcnc]

I suggest contacting Amazon, UK, for a start - seems a bit of a rip by the vendor to avoid paying duty to get more profit!

[mashabox]

check the link? was it amazon market place or amazon themselves?


even so - contact them

[EvonsRorgon]

Even presuming you aren't being totally ripped off, 50% sounds a lot of import duty for fabric! We import a lot of different stuff on a daily basis and our rule of thumb is around 30% import duty. I'm not even going to pretend I understand it, but import duty is calculated on the type of item and the number of different products in an item. For example, if we import a shovel they work out the duty on the metal and the wood handle.

[mynaflzak]

Even presuming you aren't being totally ripped off, 50% sounds a lot of import duty for fabric! We import a lot of different stuff on a daily basis and our rule of thumb is around 30% import duty. I'm not even going to pretend I understand it, but import duty is calculated on the type of item and the number of different products in an item. For example, if we import a shovel they work out the duty on the metal and the wood handle.

I think the 50% duty is just my country; Ireland. i have never been charged more than 21% for things i have imported

while i was at work dhl called with a parcel (more christmas presents, an assortment of bolero/ cardigan things) which had a declared value of 30 USD / 22 EUR. the import duty was €16.16: which is 73% The actual value of the order was about £40 though, but there was no way for them to know that.

[EvonsRorgon]

It sounds like amazon's mess to clean up. If you go to www.amazon.ie it redirects to www.amazon.co.uk so it isn't like they have a dedicated site.