Need instructions for shipping from US to UK.

[Migroo]

I live in the UK. I have found something I'm after on US ebay. The guy said he is willing to ship to the UK as long as I can provide instructions.

Can any of you guys give me some info? I've never shipped overseas either.

Would he just pack it up and take it to the local USPS (what does that stand for anyway?) or FEDEX?

 

[BennyD]

depending on what it is he should just be able to go down to the post place and say "i want to post this to the UK" and they should tell him how

 

[Migroo]

Thanks 🙂

So could he send it from any postal place? Are there any places that you do not recommend posting from? Any places that are excellent for overseas?

The item is a car amplifier 🙂 (a rare one which I cant get in the UK)

 

[BennyD]

Originally posted by: Migroo
Thanks 🙂

So could he send it from any postal place? Are there any places that you do not recommend posting from? Any places that are excellent for overseas?

The item is a car amplifier 🙂 (a rare one which I cant get in the UK)

something that big you'd want insurance on, i'd suggest him calling fedex or dhl or something.

might cost a bit though.

btw, i live in the uk too, i've just had quite a bit shipped from the us.

 

[Confused]

Also, have him mark the Customs form as Gift, not Merchandise. I've had 3 things come through, one was marked Merchandise, I had to pay customs (£10 for £40 worth of CPUs

), but the 2 marked as Gift came through without a hitch, and didn't have to pay any extra 🙂


Confused

 

[Migroo]

I've heard about this (I'm on a big car audio forum and quite a few guys get things from the US but I dont want them finding out - its a secret 😉) but what happens if its marked gift and they check it out anyway?

Thanks BennyD/Garry

 

[kami333]

Gift means you got it for free, meaning no VAT.
Merchandise means you paid for it, therefore VAT.

I think merchandise gets taxed no matter what the value but gifts are untaxed under a certain amount. (right? Someone correct me?)