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Kindles in Tesco
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they will generally process everything that comes through based on the declared value, occasionally opening stuff up to see that what's inside matches what's been declared if they are in the mood.
a friend sent us some baby presents from Oz a couple of months ago and declared the value as $500AU thinking that if it got lost that we'd get 500 quid for it, not thinking that customs would just charge import duties based on the $500 declaration (shocking for someone with a masters degree, but i digress).
the postman turned up with it and my wife refused to take it. he said that she should appeal it and get them to open it up, which they did and then let us off without any charge as the real value wasn't very much at all and it was genuinely gifts for our new baby.
anyway, i have a trick for greasing the wheels as far as customs goes, so i'll let you know when they are delivered if it worked or not, don't want to jinx it.
Greasing the wheels eh? Please do tell Im gonna order a touch for herself. 0 -
buy some more things, at least one of qhich should have a significantly bigger box, but not particularly heavy (or expensive) and when all the items arrive at your viaddress get them to *repackage* them all into a single parcel (which they'll do for free, but it takes 3-4 days as they're busy this time of year), then update your manifest with the items price and description as this is used on the outside of the box and what customs will check, and subsequently charge.Greasing the wheels eh? Please do tell Im gonna order a touch for herself.
don't forget to take account dimensional weight (check the fedex website for details) that will mean some larger sized but light weight parcels are subject to extra shipping costs due to their bulk, not just their weight.
if you were to accidentally forget to list one or two of the items in the package off the manifest (unless they were to open and inspect the contents) they can only charge you import duties and tax based on what is declared on the label.
of course i wouldn't be suggesting you actually do this as i imagine it would be classed as fraud or possibly even smuggling if it was done on purpose, but accidents do happen.
obviously, any information here is for informational purposes only, etc. etc.
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Yes - as you can see it's cheaper elsewhere so I wouldn't buy in tesco. The other cheaper one is this one
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where PC world beat tescos price by a full euro. Apparently, as discussed elsewhere, these were being sold in Dixons in Dublin airport for 99 euro but I don't know if that's still running.
i bought one in the airport this week.
price was €99. I had one of them DAA airport vouchers for €10 but they said they said dixons are not part of that voucher deal.
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should be about $38 dollars for a kindle on it's own, but mine includes a rather large childens toy and was about $260 dollars, so i'm probably not the best person to ask.
on the bright side, the kindle postage was practically free when added to the toy postage, so it's not all bad.
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sorry, i've been offline whilst we were moving house, but yes it did work, not even a sniff of customs at all, it came straight through.Did you get your package this morning vibe? If so, did your plan work?!
one children's toy in a big box, valuded at $125, plus a kindle fire and a kindle touch hidden inside and not even a sniff of any customs charges a all, so i'm well chuffed.
i had to pay extra on the children's toy due to it's "dimensional weight" as i think i mentioned earlier, but not having to pay customs on the toy or the kindles has more than made up for that. 0 -
sorry, i've been offline whilst we were moving house, but yes it did work, not even a sniff of customs at all, it came straight through.
one children's toy in a big box, valuded at $125, plus a kindle fire and a kindle touch hidden inside and not even a sniff of any customs charges a all, so i'm well chuffed.
i had to pay extra on the children's toy due to it's "dimensional weight" as i think i mentioned earlier, but not having to pay customs on the toy or the kindles has more than made up for that.
I can see the economics of this working for an iPad2, but for a USD100 kindle ?0 -
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