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Unread 28 Nov 2002, 22:44   #1
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Question Buying goods in the USA and bringing them back to the UK
I understand that you have to pay duty on certain good, but my issue is different.

What if you live in the states?

I'm english, but in america for a year. When I come home for xmas I plan on bringing back all the DVD's i've bought so far (around 50 of them) and other misc stuff (USA is heaven for electronics, thanks to rebates .)

Will I have to pay duty on them if I have a US address? I may even bring one of my PC's back.

Can they charge me duty for my stuff if I prove that i'm living in the states?
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Unread 28 Nov 2002, 22:51   #2
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Just dont declare them? They wont search you main luggage...
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Unread 28 Nov 2002, 22:52   #3
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I thought you only had to pay duty if you had purchased stuff duty free? surely if you've paid one tax to america you dont need to pay again?

i dont actually have any idea by the way.
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Unread 28 Nov 2002, 22:58   #4
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Just dont declare them? They wont search you main luggage...
It's after you collect your main luggage on the way out you go through customs.

I won't declare any of it
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They dont search people with EU passports ever.
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as long as your not actually lugging it all behind you with 'bought in the US of A' and a big american flag flying from a 'beer' hat im fairly sure youll be ok.

weve brought back a laptop bought in the states and various other electrical stuff. games too.

always go through 'nothing to declare' and you wont be searched.



and btw if you buy certain goods over a certain value you have to declare it and pay customs excise on them regardless if youve paid tax or not in the states.


which incidently annoys the hell out of me...."only $9.99 + Tax"

I CANNOT BE ARSED WORKING OUT TAX EVERYTIME I GOTO BUY SOMETHING AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 I FORGET TO ADD IT MEANING I LOOK LIKE AN IMBECILE SEARCHING FOR A FEW LOOSE DIMES AND QUARTERS IN THE BOTTOM OF A JACKET POCKET.

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as long as your not actually lugging it all behind you with 'bought in the US of A' and a big american flag flying from a 'beer' hat im fairly sure youll be ok.

weve brought back a laptop bought in the states and various other electrical stuff. games too.

always go through 'nothing to declare' and you wont be searched.



and btw if you buy certain goods over a certain value you have to declare it and pay customs excise on them regardless if youve paid tax or not in the states.


which incidently annoys the hell out of me...."only $9.99 + Tax"
heh i don't pay tax on anything. new Hampshire has no sales tax at al.

I'm just hping to sneak through the nothing to declare bit with a pc and tons of dvd's and other stuff!

Did you ever see anyone gettting searched on your many trips?
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the only people ive ever ever seen get searched looked like theyd walked over to the desk. and they didnt look british either judging by clothing/ethnicity.

so nope...

i fly into gatwick usually altho ive never seen it at heathrow or manchester either.
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you might want to split the dvds up btw. place in different cases etc..
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Isnt there a certain limit you can bring back? And then they charge for after?

Dunno tbh, can just remember going through the actual declare stations a few times from America and them saying "Thanks, No problem..." and not doing anything even then.
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No need to import when there's nice people to do it for you.

http://www.play.com

I just bought The Sum Of All Fears (region 1) for £15.99 including delivery and it's not even out here yet fs.



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Its also the cheapest place I've seen for GBA games, which quite frankly (although they are incredibly cool) are overpriced.
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No need to import when there's nice people to do it for you.

http://www.play.com

I just bought The Sum Of All Fears (region 1) for £15.99 including delivery and it's not even out here yet fs.



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Its also the cheapest place I've seen for GBA games, which quite frankly (although they are incredibly cool) are overpriced.
nonon megla, you see i'm already out here, so i want to bring stuff back in to the UK.

Besides, I can get the sum of all fears for $9.99

it's $15 at a place which i have a $5 off coupon code for

ps- My PM box is empty now, in case you want to try and send the PM you tried earlier.
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They dont search people with EU passports ever.
That conforting to know when sitting on a plane.
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Heh.

I'd personally be more worried about how Europe has a different regional DVD encode than the US does.

Just think, when you go back, and all your dvd's mysteriously dissapear in the night, you'll be conforted to know they won't work in anyone's DVD player but your own (and possibly someone else's)
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Re: Buying goods in the USA and bringing them back to the UK
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I understand that you have to pay duty on certain good, but my issue is different.

What if you live in the states?

I'm english, but in america for a year. When I come home for xmas I plan on bringing back all the DVD's i've bought so far (around 50 of them) and other misc stuff (USA is heaven for electronics, thanks to rebates .)

Will I have to pay duty on them if I have a US address? I may even bring one of my PC's back.

Can they charge me duty for my stuff if I prove that i'm living in the states?
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Heh.

I'd personally be more worried about how Europe has a different regional DVD encode than the US does.

Just think, when you go back, and all your dvd's mysteriously dissapear in the night, you'll be conforted to know they won't work in anyone's DVD player but your own (and possibly someone else's)

haha but i have DVD Region X for my Xbox which allows me to play any region DVD.
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heh i don't pay tax on anything. new Hampshire has no sales tax at al.

I'm just hping to sneak through the nothing to declare bit with a pc and tons of dvd's and other stuff!

Did you ever see anyone gettting searched on your many trips?

You live in New Hampshire?

Crazy.

I'm from maine >:)
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You live in New Hampshire?

Crazy.

I'm from maine >
lol maine sux lol

heh nah You're only around 3 hours drive from me probably*.

You don't happen to be female, blonde, blue eyes, 32DD do you?
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