[coinup]

Has anyone from the U.K. brought anything from ray samuels, in particular the 'raptor'.

Concerned about customs thats all mainly, plus is it really better than a musical fidelity x-can V3 and other valve headphone amplifiers.

all the best.




RS-1 - HD565 - IPOD 5G 80GB

 

[mofonyx]

If it's customs you're worried about, you will get taxed

17.5% tax.

edited: You could evade taxes. Declare it as "Warranty Replacement", "Gift" (at a very low cost) or "Commercial Sample" which I doubt Ray Samuels would be comfortable doing.

 

[coinup]

well i phoned up hmrc, they refered me to another company, found out the classification and was quoted 2% import tax + VAT.

 

[mofonyx]

so 19.5%?

Wow, that is too much for taxes. Are you willing?

 

[epaludo]

Give Ray a call. He might have more information on UK shipping and custom costs. Let him know you're worried about the custom taxes ...

 

[coinup]

I started this thread to see other peoples experiences buying from our U.S. cousins

if its good enough i'd pay,

 

[Dzjudz]

Yeah I had to pay import duties on my Hornet.

 

[epaludo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dzjudz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah I had to pay import duties on my Hornet.

How much ... ?

 

[buggalugs]

Yup it's 17.5% VAT sometimes with 2% override then the delivery company will charge a handling fee of about £15 (for collecting the excise duty).
Plus youv'e really got to insure it - if the airport doesn't lose it then the customs people like to rip your parcels open and damage delicate items, sometimes losing bits.
I've got stiffed too many times to even think about buying anything from the US.

 

[Dimitris]

Come over for a visit!

 

[DoubleEs]

When I order mine, Ray declared it as a gift valued at around $65. It was opened by customs, and I was charged around £8 for it to be released, this included the £5 handling fees......

 

[Chri5peed]

UK Import tax ruling has changed, you might well have a green US label w/Gift written on it, it'll be ignored.

 

[mofonyx]

Are you sure it'll be ignored declared as Gift?

I remember reading that an expensive gift would be taxed regardless.

 

[Chri5peed]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mofonyx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you sure it'll be ignored declared as Gift? I remember reading that an expensive gift would be taxed regardless.

I believe they're much stricker now. Before they'd let some things get through, so you might be lucky.
I think now almost everything gets charged, but you can get a refund if you can prove its non-taxable.

Still worth importing though, with the $ so weak. As an example I bought a really strong US police torch and saved £50.

 

[coinup]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoubleEs /img/forum/go_quote.gif When I order mine, Ray declared it as a gift valued at around $65. It was opened by customs, and I was charged around £8 for it to be released, this included the £5 handling fees......

what did you order????