Hotshot100
Well-known member
I am posting this so that others do not have the same experience as I have had when ordering from this company.
On 6th June I ordered and paid for two Briley Spectrum chokes for my Blaser (these were not available in this country). The cost was 98 Euros which equated to £82.90.
Going by the name of the company and the fact that payment was in euros I think that the natural assumption would be that they were coming from a European source so all duty etc. would have been paid in the country of origin.
On the 11th of June I received an e mail stating that my order had been despatched and would be delivered by USPS in 7-21 days.
When checking the tracking number I was surprised to find that USPS stands for United States Postal Service and that my chokes were in fact in Chicago.
This set alarm bells ringing as items coming in from the States are liable to VAT and Import Duty. Sure enough they were delivered today and I had to pay a further £15.10 before I could take delivery of my items. The £15.10 was made up of £7.10 VAT and £8.00 Royal Mail handling charge.
Having looked in to this further I found some old posts on Pigeon Watch from members who had experienced the same issues.
Nowhere on their website does it say anything about items coming from the States and further payment being required.
Please read the rest of the thread. The rip off is Royal Mail charging £8.00 to collect £7.10.
On 6th June I ordered and paid for two Briley Spectrum chokes for my Blaser (these were not available in this country). The cost was 98 Euros which equated to £82.90.
Going by the name of the company and the fact that payment was in euros I think that the natural assumption would be that they were coming from a European source so all duty etc. would have been paid in the country of origin.
On the 11th of June I received an e mail stating that my order had been despatched and would be delivered by USPS in 7-21 days.
When checking the tracking number I was surprised to find that USPS stands for United States Postal Service and that my chokes were in fact in Chicago.
This set alarm bells ringing as items coming in from the States are liable to VAT and Import Duty. Sure enough they were delivered today and I had to pay a further £15.10 before I could take delivery of my items. The £15.10 was made up of £7.10 VAT and £8.00 Royal Mail handling charge.
Having looked in to this further I found some old posts on Pigeon Watch from members who had experienced the same issues.
Nowhere on their website does it say anything about items coming from the States and further payment being required.
Please read the rest of the thread. The rip off is Royal Mail charging £8.00 to collect £7.10.
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