powercrazed

HI all,

Have any of you purchased anything from the States via Ebay?

Just wondered if you only paid for goods + delivery or did you have to pay any 'hidden' charges?

Cheers

Nathan

bpm1588

you should be ok if its a good seller but as for fee's you might get stung for custom's charges....really depends on the value or if the seller will mark as a gift/sample and maybe mark down value that might help

PantsUK

iTrader: (1)

bought from the states loads never had a problem.

nik52wrx

I have bought sunglasses from the US a couple of times with no hassle at all. Even the delivery time was reasonable.
Nik.

deangtiuk

iTrader: (3)

As bpm1588 has said, Always try and source the item as gift or a sample this way you won't need to pay import tax which is quite a stinger when you get it. I've bought stuff with no import tax and stuff with import tax. Sample or Gift will do.

rgv_stu

what is the nominal delivery time?
i ordered some gun bits a week ago and they havent arrived yet. the usps tracking said they left the states on the 9th.

JimmyBFC

yeah, best bet is to ask them nicely to mark it gift/samples...or you'll get stung by the sh1thead customs, some get through, some don't...

zs_phil

iTrader: (1)

i bought my daughter loads of dora the explorer toys 2 christmas's ago because they had more out over in the states and cost alot less ,they marked it as gift on a very large box but i still got a letter through my door asking me to pay £50 or around that in tax wasnt impressed but id still buy from over there.

ive noticed that american ebay has loads of scooby bits really cheap like genuine sti spoilers going for peanuts

T5NYW

iTrader: (4)

roughly $295 part & $105 postage

I paid £198 cash for goods and Postage

Customs bill when package arrived (only showed VAT and no Duty)

VAT £32.99

+ Parcelforce fee £8.00

Total £40.99

Tony

bmac800

Bought two Valentine 1 radar detectors last year off Ebay for £560 delivered - they are £600 each in this country.Came home in less than a week from the States and were marked as a gift so avoided import duty.Spent 5 minutes resetting them to the Euro spec and they have been perfect ever since.
Also bought spray gun gauges for half the price they are in this country and a complete Cusco rear diffuser kit for the Scooby.
Wouldnt hesitate to buy again.