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Post by Pam on Nov 13, 2003 15:12:05 GMT -5
Hey ya'll, I recently got slapped with a 40% customs tax on an order from the US.  Has anyone ordered items from England? Does customs take the same amount from an EU country? I WANT some stuff!!! |
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Post by Carolyn on Nov 13, 2003 16:57:43 GMT -5
No Customs on stuff from one EU country to another. What are you going to order? What did you get that was worth 40%? I hope it was good.  |
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Post by Pam on Nov 14, 2003 0:25:57 GMT -5
LOL
I wouldn't say 'worth it'. It was beading stuff. I wrote to the company first and asked if this would happen and they assured me that it wouldn't. NOW I know that if the order is over 200 sek it will.
Thanks for the info.
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Post by lisa on Nov 14, 2003 18:02:18 GMT -5
I have info on beading supplies from the Uk if you are interested. Dont have them to hand at the moment but will post them when I get back to Sweden in a weeks time.
(You can kick me if i dont remember!)
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Post by SlyandKami on Nov 15, 2003 1:25:28 GMT -5
We never paid tax when we baught a bouncer from the U.S. on ebay. Since you can't get the ones that vibrate in Sweden or Europe for some weird reason  . But our 2 1/2 month old son loves it and our 16 month old is jealous of it  . Maybe when you buy it from an individual you don't pay tax . |
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Post by Carolyn on Nov 15, 2003 2:24:32 GMT -5
Maybe because when you buy on ebay, it's usually from a private individual and not from a company, who will have their company name and/or logo or something printed on the box? I think you tend to run into real problems with Tullverket can see that it's been ordered from a company outside the EU.
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Post by Sabeine on Nov 15, 2003 13:20:21 GMT -5
I've ordered 3 items on Ebay to be sent to Sweden. I was never asked to pay tullverket extra, probably because as others mentioned the items were from private people. Between Anders and I we have also ordered from companies both in the US, Canada, and UK. We never paid if the item was from the UK, because we had already been charged a VAT. Every 4th (or so) time we were charged from N. America though. I think it depends on what the value of the item is. If it has Amazon.com (as in our case) as the return address then that is a scream for tullverket to charge you, and they did.  |
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Post by lisa on Dec 2, 2003 13:33:38 GMT -5
I've used www.jillybeads.co.uk loads of times (not while living in Sweden though) and they are really good, despatch stuff quickly and if there are any problems, they sort them out. |
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Post by Pam on Dec 2, 2003 23:33:22 GMT -5
I'm definitely going to have to find a place for my beading stuff in Europe. My sister mailed some of the stuff I had sent to her and the shipping is outrageous too. I can't win.
Hey, Amazon has a UK site. Does anyone know if the prices are about the same?
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Post by Carolyn on Dec 3, 2003 3:14:22 GMT -5
The problems with the amazon.uk site, as I found it, is that unless you have a credit or debit card issued by a Swedish bank, they will not let you purchase from them. They will direct you to amazon.com, which means you're back having to pay the 25% customs and the international mail charges. I tried with my US debit card and even ordering the package shipped to me at a different address, they said, "sorry, can't do it."
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Post by Suzanne on Dec 4, 2003 9:38:30 GMT -5
Hi Pam,
I'll be visiting Sweden on December 25 and leaving January 6. If there is anything I can bring for you or whatever, please let me know. I have plenty of things I'm bringing for other people and it's really no problem.
Suzanne
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Post by Pam on Dec 4, 2003 15:39:22 GMT -5
Thanks Suzanne, that's really sweet!  |
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Post by Leslie on Dec 10, 2003 10:13:23 GMT -5
So Pam, did you ever find a European bead source? That Jilly Beads place that Lisa mentioned looks to have reasonable pricing.
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Post by Pam on Dec 10, 2003 10:32:06 GMT -5
I haven't found what I need yet. I did check out JillyBeads and they do have reasonable prices don't have many of the things I need. I ordered a bottle of essential oil and a necklace from a place in England about three weeks ago and haven't received anything yet. Today I got some oils from home. I had them shipped to my sister and she sent them to me. Something in the package was broken. Mats was telling me about it on the phone while I was at work and he sounded like he had whooping cough. hahaha I told him the oils are beneficial. I never told him they all smell good! The post office in Sweden had double wrapped it in plastic. I haven't had the heart to look yet....it's out on the balcony.
I'm going to HAVE to find a good, reasonably priced, distributor in Sweden.
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Post by Leslie on Dec 10, 2003 11:42:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I was just coming back here to let you know they don't such a great selection. But wow are their prices great! Shipping is really cheap as well! I just placed a modest order of 5 or 6 packages of beads and for shipping and Vat I paid right at 100sek. So much better than Panduro!
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. But our 2 1/2 month old son loves it and our 16 month old is jealous of it 
. Maybe when you buy it from an individual you don't pay tax 
