Hi all
Just wanting to let you know I am moving a bit of train gear on ..... doing it on eBay
Steve
Hi all
Just wanting to let you know I am moving a bit of train gear on ..... doing it on eBay
Steve
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"Birdman" wrote
It did for me.
John.
Yes it does.
True, but delivery from Aus is gonna probably cost more than the item would !
Postage from Australia is among the cheapest in the world.
Cheaper than USA, UK and Canada. And with the exchange rate, it makes buying from Australia very attractive when compared to the prices things fetch in the UK. For example a 1 Kilogram parcel only costs 6.45GBP via sea or 9GBP Air. That's the weight of two packed locos, therefore if a loco is worth
35GBP each on average, the additional cost is only between 3 and 4.5GBP.I don't charge for packing labour or materials.
Thanks
Steve
Dear Steve,
You may not be aware - living in Australia - that all shipments to the UK totalling 18GBP or above are charged VAT at 17.5% plus post office or courier collection fee of at least 4.5GBP. That is why most of my imports are broken down into as many small shipments as possible.
(kim)
Hi Kim - thanks for the post
WOW what a rip off! We only get charged GST for personally imported items valued at over $200....and even then I am yet to get hit with it at all. In addition, how can a post office get away with charging a fee for getting your parcel? Isn't that the point of a postal system - that the fee paid on the stamp gets it to you or your post office?
strange and wonderful - or have I missed something as is likely?
Steve
That's becuase it costs the Australian govt more to collect tax on smaller shipments than the revenue it generates and I'm not convinced the British system is any more efficient.
Royal Mail, Parcel Force and the private courier companies collect the tax on behalf of HM Customs & Excise. They say the fee - which is on a sliding scale and is much higher for more expensive items - is to purely cover their expenses. Royal Mail refuses to deliver charged items to the door so there is the additional expense of collecting them from the local sorting office. For someone living in a remote area that could be considerable.
(kim)
"kim" wrote
Total rip off in my opinion.
The last parcel I got from the USA resulted in a GBP3.75 VAT payment plus a charge of GBP4.00 from Parcel Farce for collecting it!
Also because of the congested state of our roads it generally takes around
90 minutes to get to their office (only about 3 miles away), plus a wait as the staff chat amongst themselves rather than concentrate on what they're supposed to be doing.John.
You can have it delivered to your local post office for 50p.
Andrew
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That's true, but in my case I'd already paid to have it delivered to my home address I think the Post Office have a naffing cheek to even contemplate such a charge.
In the good old days they would deliver such a packet to your door and collect the duty. Now it seems it's all too much trouble.
John
I could if they hadn't closed them all!
My nearest post office is now the same distance from me as the sorting office and the queue is a lot longer.
(kim)
What kind of cheek is a naffing cheek? I don't know that word "naffing", although it does have a very negative ring to it. I do hope it is not vulgar. SM: Ocean Springs
It comes from the expression "naff off" which originated in the BBC television comedy series "Porridge" about some people who were banged up at her majesty's pleasure. The story is that they wanted an expression that was, er, vulgar, but wasn't one of the usual swear words, so wouldn't precipitate thousands of complaints from Mr and Mrs Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.
So I'm afraid to say that in my opinion, yes, it is vulgar.
I suspect that John has used it in place if f**king :-)
The verb to 'naff' is normally used as a replacement for the verb to 'f**k' :-)
Jim.
"Jane Sullivan" wrote
But politely vulgar! ;-)
John.
"Jim Guthrie" wrote
Lol - you suspect wrong, it used naffing without any consideration of the 'king alternative.
John.
The *only* things Canada Post delivers to my door are items requiring a signature and/or a payment (e.g. tax and service fee on imports). I can even pay the postie by credit card. If I'm not home I pick it up from the nearest sub-post office - no additional charge. Everything else is delivered to a so-called "super mailbox" down the end of the street.
Well, if you didn't, we did :-)
JIm.
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