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Originally posted by _SD_ View Postnot sure why this guy decided to screw you over on a cheap Dreamcast.
Originally posted by Mayhem View PostVAT is charged against both the value of the item AND the cost of the postage... yeah, exactly... ****ing con. And it’s Royal Mail who charge £8 for handling, and Parcelforce who is more...
Originally posted by teddymeow View Post@Leon Retro Burnout 2 on Cube is the absolute nuts.
I think, deep down, Revenge on the 360 is my favourite but B2 is bloody close!
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Originally posted by Leon Retro View PostI tend to have the bad luck of buying things from people who are scared to mark parcels as a 'Gift’
You would have zero recourse to compensation. I have sent items all around the world, and the full value goes on, every time.
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Originally posted by dvdx2 View PostScared? Would you be prepared to take the hit if your package was to go missing and you requested the seller mark down a $200 item down to a $10 gift?
You would have zero recourse to compensation. I have sent items all around the world, and the full value goes on, every time.
It just annoys me a bit when something like an import retro game from Japan for say $20-30 isn't marked down to save me unfair import tax. I'd understand if it were an expensive £50+ item. So I totally agree with you when it comes to expensive items.
I bought a rare tabletop game from America for $30 and had to pay around £20 import fees. A Japanese copy of Castlevania IV cost £25 but I had to pay over £10 import fees. It's that sort of situation where I wish the seller had marked down the price on the front of the package.
At the end of the day, it's the government that annoys me. I don't think I should have to pay import taxes on items that aren't readily available in the UK. I can understand why the government wants to put people off importing items that are available on UK shelves, but something like a really old PC Engine game shouldn't be taxable.Last edited by Leon Retro; 07-07-2018, 16:29.
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Actually bought a minty CIB NTSC GameCube DOL-001 today on eBay, requested the usual stuff with regards to import fees. Seller politely expressed that he/she wished to buy insurance in case something were to happen during shipping so wanted to mark full value. Zero problem for me, 100% understandable. I agree with you though Leon, I’d be annoyed as well if I had to pay extra for a $30 game. The GC was a fair bit more expensive than that.
I often ask myself why the government wants money because I buy an item that went out of print a decade ago. I can, to a degree, understand it for current items, but for old, used stuff?
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Originally posted by Nico87 View Post
I often ask myself why the government wants money because I buy an item that went out of print a decade ago. I can, to a degree, understand it for current items, but for old, used stuff?
When I have bought a really old game for the Super Famicom from Japan for around £20, I think having to pay maybe £15 extra for tax and handling fees when it arrives in the UK, is bang out of order. It feels like I've been mugged.
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I’ve never been able to work out what prompts them to open some packages and not others. A package from Play Asia, which they helpfully stamp their logo all over the box, usually has a 50/50 chance of getting busted. And that’s for a small box with a PlayStation game or two.
Yet I have relatively huge boxes containing 1/60 Perfect Grade Gunpla sneak through without attracting any customs fees at all. It’s nuts.
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Originally posted by Leon Retro View PostYeah, you're right. I've just had people say they don't want to get in trouble by marking down the cost of an item, so for them that was the reason.
It just annoys me a bit when something like an import retro game from Japan for say $20-30 isn't marked down to save me unfair import tax. I'd understand if it were an expensive £50+ item. So I totally agree with you when it comes to expensive items.
I bought a rare tabletop game from America for $30 and had to pay around £20 import fees. A Japanese copy of Castlevania IV cost £25 but I had to pay over £10 import fees. It's that sort of situation where I wish the seller had marked down the price on the front of the package.
At the end of the day, it's the government that annoys me. I don't think I should have to pay import taxes on items that aren't readily available in the UK. I can understand why the government wants to put people off importing items that are available on UK shelves, but something like a really old PC Engine game shouldn't be taxable.
Ive never had any problems with people on here and I would mark things down as $5, eBay though, never again.
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Originally posted by Ghost View PostAlso keep in mind that if these are games you are buying from eBay then the seller has probably had problems in the past with scammers saying that items didn't arrive or were damaged and demanding a full refund.
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