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Sending gifts from Ireland to London

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So I have an old PC that I would like to send from Southern Ireland to my son in London. It's possibly worth about €500, maybe less in the UK.  I guess this would be subject to customs duty? If so, how would I calculate this? If I were to send it from Northern Ireland would this circumvent the customs duty?


 
Posted : 27/09/2025 8:45 am
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In theory yes there'd be duty - as in, when you go to post it at An Post they'll ask the value and write that on it and it'll probably get duties based on that. 

But it's personal belongings: you could mark it up as "he left it last time he was at mine", or say it's worth £10, to get round that. 

I always thought from the north it'd avoid that, but I know now the border being in the Irish Sea makes things a bit less clear - I'll watch this thread with interest!


 
Posted : 27/09/2025 5:14 pm
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My mum sends me all sorts in the post from Derry, never questioned.  If I send stuff to her though, via my uncle in Derry, the post office demand I complete a customs declaration. It’s as if it’s a total balls up.  Whodathunkedit?


 
Posted : 27/09/2025 7:30 pm

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