I had ordered a Tower Brace an X-Brace from Muz some time back and Muz sent these items out sometime last week.

Yesterday (Thursday) I get two letters from ParcelForce Worldwide saying that I owe VAT and a [B]

 

Listen Steven - that's not that bad at all. I was gonna be charged

 

At the risk of repeating something that has been posted on numeous occasions before, declaring as a gift is of very limited use. HMC&E rules say that any commercial package valued at

 

The royalmail's internal name for Parcelforce is Parcelfarce

 

The only option available on his web site for both of these items is "international courier".

As I said before I don't object to paying the import tax on stuff that I import.

 

In my limited experience of PF they are rude, uninformed, inadequate and damage things. Apart from that good service

 

Funny you should mention Parcelforce, I finally took delivery (after 3 attempts) of my Weathershield cover this week sent from the US and ripped off to the tune of

 

I have just spoken to someone in Parcelforce customer services - the clearance fee is to cover thier costs if a charge is put on the item by customs.

Thier costs amount to the sending out of the letter to tell you that you owe VAT on the item

I am seriously tempted to tell them where to stick it.

 

And presumably then having to account for the VAT, and pay it over to HMC&E, which requires time to be spent by its staff administering it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending ParcelForce! Just playing devil's advocate.

 

So why do I pay