Are you kidding me!?

[vhal_x]

$29.99 game, $14.99 shipping = $44.98 total.

£16.25 shipping charges! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!? Arrgh, I hate Customs :facepalm: xx

[gurpswoo1]

LOL _ I presume you are referring to the Oblivion 5th Edition from Gamestop US.

How was the fees broken down, was it all fees or was it a processing fee of £12 or so with the rest tax?

[vhal_x]

Yep, sure was - not entirely sure as it was my dad that signed/paid for it (I got it sent to his incase I was out), so will find out tomorrow xx

[vhal_x]

£5 odds tax and £11 something handling charge. Grr. They'd have to handle the fucking thing anyway even if it didn't go through customs.

Grr, can you tell I'm pissed off :haha: xx

[thefunk007]

Same here - really bloody annoyed about it, I just ordered three copies through Amazon.com and am getting them shipped to the UK through a friend. Only paid for two due to the 2 for 3 offer and will be able to sell them to pay for my copy :-/

[gurpswoo1]

The price will fall very quickly as stock is still available.

Better hope it turns up quick.

[Mike1888]

If I ship a package to someone in the UK, will they get taxed like this? I don't really understand it all :S

[vhal_x]

only if you declare the value of the item on the outside of the package.

It's a catch 22 situation, you leave the value lower than the threshold/don't put it on at all, you don't get customs charges.

The item goes missing in transit, you don't get compensated for the loss as the value wasn't declared.

Either way, you're fecked.

Technically less so by not declaring, as it's not likely to go missing, but in the off chance that it might, as I said, you're fecked xx

[mosavon]

Vhal, you paid £16 for 1 game in charges? thats ridiculous...i may just not pay mine haha i dont agree with it at all

[vhal_x]

Yeah, was severely raging! xx

[scourdx]

This is madness. If someone said it was a gift value at $30, do you still get ding with custom fees? If yes, then your postal service really rip you off.

[mosavon]

Im not too sure, ive had orders to the value of 300 dollars and not paid anything in charges....i think i was told if the value exceeds $20 there is a fee whereas if its marked "gift" your safe upto $50...the only way to cheat the system is to request that the sender deliberately marks the item low

Yeah, were living in a shameful country where they think they have some sort of claim to all your money which they call:quote:tax

Oh, and they dont call it Rip off Britain for nothing.

[gurpswoo1]

It really depends on alot of things.

Firstly if sending to the UK and the item in question is marked as a gift and is below the $45 you should not be charged any duties. Please note this is not supposed to include shipping costs but sometimes the person sending will add the shipping cost to the value of the item aswell.

Secondly fees vary depending on who does the final delivery. For example if Royalmail did it then you will only get charge tax and a very small fee. If DHL, Parcelforce, UPS,etc did it they will charge upto £20 processing fees on top of the tax.

If importing from a store then use a Calulator like this: http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/

Remember all the stores can not mark as gift.

Note the small text at the end of the page and you will see that it does no include the carriers additional fee which could be upto £20 in the UK.


However there are some unique exceptions, Yes-asia for example send games to a small company in the UK and then repackage and send out to you. This way there is no fees to pay. Hence why many items including soundtracks and Artbooks have a label saying" This item is eligibly for free and tax free delivery". This include items upto $200.

Not sure about Play-Asia though, been charge tax and fees every time I ordered from them.

[vhal_x]

You can avoid tax on amazon.com, make it a gift order and they won't print the price on the outside of the packaging :) it's free to do so anyway. But, if customs open your item anyway, you may be hit with charges, but it's unlikely they will. I avoided customs charges on both US Mortal Kombats, the Kollector's Ed. and the Tournament ed. :D xx

[Matrix6]

Yes, I noticed how expensive it is to import internationally from GAMESTOP.US
That's why I don't buy from them.

Is this edition not coming to PAL territory?

[gurpswoo1]

Sorry no, Oblivion 5th Edition is a US NTSC exclusive.

[Matrix6]

Sorry no, Oblivion 5th Edition is a US NTSC exclusive.

Thanks man, I just went to eBay and searched for the cheapest buy it now price with the cheapest shipping rate. So for me that totals to being cheaper then both amazon and gamestop shipped!! :) Looking forward to it to arriving.

http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?LH_AvailTo=15&_trkparms=65%253A3%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1&rt=nc&_nkw=Oblivion+5th+Anniversary&_dmpt=AU_PC_Video_Games_Games&_sticky=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_sop=2&_sc=1