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The Other Mike wrote:
I never have been. On Ebay if is says free postage that's what happens.
Never did understand why - having been charged VAT etc on stuff of the
same cost from the US.

Yes the postage if declared as such will be at no cost but never
underestimate the ****s at any of the couriers in the UK who look at how
much they can screw out of the end user in import duty, vat and then
extortionate fees for collecting that import duty and vat, maybe with
vat added to that fee.

Stuff I buy from the far east from Ebay seems to enter our postage system
direct.

Just recently bought some bits from the US that spent over a week in
customs or whatever. And as you say, the charges for collecting the VAT
etc are extortionate.

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