Help please!!!

[mogmog2005]

7 Months ago i brought a laptop screen from america, it was delivered by DHL............now they have sent me an invoice for £50 customs charges. (From DHL -not customs and excise)


What i would like to know is where do i stand with this, as its been 7 months since the item was received and DHL have paid customs............can they make me pay this long after i received the item, surely i should have paid before the item was released?

[earthangel]

I really don't know, but I would be tempted to ignore it. It certainly seems a long time after the fact to be chasing you for the money. See what happens. If they persist, you could always ask at the CAB.

[damian_steele]

http://www.dhl.co.uk/publish/gb/en/i..._vat.high.html

It doesn't state how long after delivery they will invoice you, but it DOES say that they will.

It also seems you are not alone:
http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showpost.p...3&postcount=26

(Full thread: http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=36823&page=3 )

[onlinegifts]

hello

Its happened to me before today and you do need to pay it as they will only keep chasing you for the money :>(

sorry

[kengillam]

Importing goods does make you liable for duty, ask yourself it's worth ruining your credit rating if they issue a CCJ against you. This is something you have to take into account when buying cheap from abroad, it isn't always the bargain you first imagined.

[buttons-and-bows]

Pay it and then ask customes if they can reduce it for you from what i remember they charge you 3% import duty on the item, then they add the postage cost to the total and then they charge 17&1/2% vat on the whole lot, they may reduce it a bit for you if you moan enough, if they do then they will refund some. But you wont get the extra charge that DHL put on back.
I think they have a nerve charging vat on the postage charge, when A: it isnt paid in this country and B: the price's DHL and Fed EX charge are extortion anyway. Sorry I am waffling, but i did get some money back from them once, they probably gave it to me to shut me up. )

[mogmog2005]

Thanks guys - I think im just going to pay up..........