In the UK we get charged duty on some things (from 0 - 85%!!!) of the item value and shipping it seems then the thieves I mean government stick 20% VAT on top of the item cost + shipping charge + insurance cost + Duty charge!!! (Taxing a tax like the do with our petrol) we can’t pay this direct to the customs people oh no we have to pay it to whoever delivers it (normally the same company who charge us £10 - £12 for the privilege, so you can end up paying more in charges than the goods are worth. The only good ting we have is free trade within Europe so we pay no tax on anything we bring in from there.
Sorry bit of a rant at our taxation laws
Regarding the tyres basically whatever you state is the value of the tyre and the shipping cost in the UK we get hit with another 20% so if you say the tyre costs $30 and the shipping is $50 (this will be stated by the shipping company label so nothing you can change) I will get charge another $16 if you said it was $120 tyre and $50 shipping I would be charged another $34!!
So the lower you state the tyre cost the better without saying $1 as they would get suss to that
The other option is to send it as a Gift with a value of under £40 then it is totally free but putting a receipt inside or in a box marked with a companies logo etc will kill that dead (they are sneaky and randomly open stuff)
So this tyre will cost me almost 50% of what I paid for my Triton frame from France!!! crazyness
I hope you enjoyed the lesson in UK import Duty and taxation
Thanks. That is craziness. You’d almost be better off coming and getting it eh?
For what it’s worth I don’t think any of the labels here state the shipping cost unless it’s something that is stated on a customs form explicitly. I can’t recall having shipped anything internationally so I guess I’ll see on Friday when I begin sending the overseas boxes. I was able to get 2 carloads of domestic boxes to Fedex last night before they closed at 11pm so those should be going out today.
Just sent to your email. Have not sent them out as I’ve been swamped with work and it took a lot of effort to get them shipped the other night, so it’s not just you.
Not sure I’ll ever get the new tire smell out of my garage… It stings the nostrils.
Are you sure about the weight? In my rush to get these shipped I looked at tread and construction but didn’t check weights on more than 2 (were both ~1560). When I’m back home Thursday night I’ll weigh a bunch to see if you just got an outlier.
