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Was going to chance it and order some stuff from bike discount, but the dropdown no longer has any of the UK options in it/
It was there yesterday
Damn that was lucky. Ordered some cranks and and rear mech 2 days ago!
I also ordered cranks and a rear mech at the weekend and had dispatch confirmation e-mail this morning
I was about to order something on Saturday, paused for a moment and then by Sunday evening I couldn't! Doh.
I saw this, this am. However if you go through the process of putting stuff in your cart, and log in etc the shipping option returns l.also the info section on UK purchase hasn't changed....
Seems they'd rather discourage UK shipping rather than stop it all together.... They've also removed GDP as currency option.
Update: scratch that it seems to think I'm German......
cranks, a shifter and a couple of other bits currently unavailable in the UK ordered last week and delivered today. Bonus was there was no extra import charges when it was delivered!
there was no extra import charges when it was delivered!
This seems to be the case at this time.
Placed an order on Friday. got my progress email this morning but not had the dispatch email. lets see what happens
I've an axis mech and actuator (shifter), currently waiting customs clearance.... I don't think I'll be lucky. .
hmmm my order is stuck ( 3days now) in parcelfarce customs hell awaiting pending charges
I contacted them last night, they replied this morning that its an issue with their new site and should be resolved today/tomorrow. Shouldn't be any problems with existing orders.
Seems to be back on today....
I got a long email from them today, presumably as mass mail shot. No idea what it said as it was very long and all in German
....so after two weeks of silence on the parcel tracking front I got a bill from Parcel Force for Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Import Tax and their Clearance Fee
#splendid
Just curious - was it any cheaper after all the charges?
probably not, but at least they have then in stock as nothing to be found here
so after two weeks of silence on the parcel tracking front I got a bill from Parcel Force for Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Import Tax and their Clearance Fee
Customs duty and import tax- these should be the same.
It should be;
Import duty
Excise duty (if applicable for excise products)
Clearance charges
VAT (part of this will be VAT on Import duty + value of goods) and then VAT on the service to clear
Excise is only applicable for energy products, beers wines etc...
Do not think that the agents charges correctly all the time as they don't, i have no end of of issues with some big companies at work..
you're right; Excise Duty was £0.00, but in the fold on the letter
was this 2 weeks after the parcel was delivered? Did you receive this by post?
no; it took just over 24 hours for the order to be processed, packed and parcel reach the UK..........and then nothing for 2 weeks until the letter wanting money came today
I had my parcel force letter today for a sram AXS mech and Shifter that came into the country and cleared customs on the 14th. The letter was sent on the 16th February, so I'm not far off the 20day limit for parcel force to return the item. Luckily I know my local driver and managed to get the paperwork from him so I could pay the charges at the depo last week.
Worked out about £50 cheaper than the best UK price I could find even with the charges, bug I won't be risking it again from Bike discount...
I'm sure a lot of people want this question answered, what does, for example a €669 Lyrik plus €15 p&p, end up costing in pounds after all the fees.
Use this at your own risk but I calculate it to be thus:
Lyrik Ultimate RC2 29" DebonAir Euro 637.82
Delivery: Euro 15
Using this HS Code: 8714.91.30.29 ( https://www.findhs.codes/hs-codes-of-heading-8714) and this tool to calculate the import costs it suggests a Total Landed Cost of £677.67 (which includes 112.50 for VAT). There are no import duties for this part under the UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement
Again, please do your own research before parting with wads of cash 🙂
This is what is on BD invoice
An email from HMRC tell me this is the code they should use https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8714913039#import
I was charged
Import Duty: £81.38
VAT: £132.54
Handling charge: £12.00
Total charges: £225.92
I believe I have been over charged and have summited a claim to border force
Yup, I fed that HS number into the tool and it still reports as being zero tariff from the EU. I think you have been overcharged
Only concern is that it's showing the country of origin as Taiwan. This might mean that while you purchase it from a company in Germany it's shipped directly from Taiwan. If that's the case then I don't know what the score is.
“ Using this HS Code: 8714.91.30.29 ( https://www.findhs.codes/hs-codes-of-heading-8714) and this tool to calculate the import costs it suggests a Total Landed Cost of £677.67 (which includes 112.50 for VAT). There are no import duties for this part under the UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement”
This is incorrect. Only items made predominantly within the UK or EU are exempt from import duty - and for bike stuff that’s a very short list, like Nicolai frames, Trickstuff brakes, etc.