Damonjames Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 19 hours ago, kodiakblair said: Gifts over £39 are liable for VAT, if the Gift is valued over £135 then you also have the Import duty to pay. HMRC get you every time. I’ll refrain from comment as I do t want to purger myself... 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 21:20, obbm said: If any part of it is Rosewood then isn't CITES now an issue? Yes I've imported a few rosewood necks from Stratosphere in the past. Their website now says that they don't export rosewood necks anymore, as it's too much of a hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 If the shipping cost, insurance, import tax & handling charges look like adding up to £300+ just buy a plane ticket and go and pick it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, cetera said: If the shipping cost, insurance, import tax & handling charges look like adding up to £300+ just buy a plane ticket and go and pick it up Won’t you then get stung on duty when you bring it through?? Pretty sure items like that need to be documented on the way out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, Damonjames said: Won’t you then get stung on duty when you bring it through?? Pretty sure items like that need to be documented on the way out! Old bass case, stickers, sticky finger marks on bass and old strings (with a bunch of old set lists in the case). Job done.... Or so I've heard........*ahem*... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjames Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Says the man with the worlds largest Spector collection 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.gif.9ad672bb8b84505709f76b39c8c256ec.gif)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.