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JB Hi-Fi in Australia recently announced that they're no longer shipping to the UK.
I ordered the DC of Rambo: Last Blood on BD from them a few months ago. They're a solid seller.
Yeah, back in the even earlier days of January 2021 Iain Duncan-Smith an infamous Brexiteer issued this statement...
“I just wish I was 21 again, frankly, Because my goodness what prospects lie ahead of us for young people now. To be out there buccaneering, trading, dominating the world again...”
But how does this fit with the idea of free-trade ?. It seems like we are entering an era of domestic trade only. Mr Duncan-Smith's words sound very much like empire-building to me; and empires require subjects.
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I remember back in the 60s and early 70s that when I asked in a shop why LP Imports of titles were so much more expensive than the UK pressings I was either told that the Import was of a higher quality or that there needed to be a way to protect the sale of domestic titles.
That sounded reasonable then, but most titles in the soundtrack sector are only pressed in one country so there is no domestic product to protect unless you subscribe to the viewpoint that all titles are the same really.
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So I order (from intrada,lala etc, to UK) 5 CDs + postage= $125.Not usually hit with customs.nwhat do I expect to happen . You read up on this stiff and your brain hurts. Customs paid at this end?
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I keep my wish list in my SAE account up to date with CDs I'm likely to want. So far I've not managed to reduce it to zero, there's always a few CDs in there that I can add to a specific release to help get the figure up to GBP 135. However, I'd prefer not to have to work that way, especially as my income is down due to reduced hours while this Covid pandemic is still a major problem.
Elsewise, does the GBP 135 include the postage?
How do you cope with the $50 per order extra charge to ship to UK on top of the shipping charge ?.
And No, the GBP135 excludes charges.
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So I order (from intrada,lala etc, to UK) 5 CDs + postage= $125.Not usually hit with customs.nwhat do I expect to happen . You read up on this stiff and your brain hurts. Customs paid at this end?
I expect you will also be subject to a handling charge by the UK Post Office of approx £8.50 per package.
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So I order (from intrada,lala etc, to UK) 5 CDs + postage= $125.Not usually hit with customs.nwhat do I expect to happen . You read up on this stiff and your brain hurts. Customs paid at this end?
I expect you will also be subject to a handling charge by the UK Post Office of approx £8.50 per package.
That's the one thing I'm aware of. It really annoys me being worded as ' collected on your behalf'.
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So I order (from intrada,lala etc, to UK) 5 CDs + postage= $125.Not usually hit with customs.nwhat do I expect to happen . You read up on this stiff and your brain hurts. Customs paid at this end?
I expect you will also be subject to a handling charge by the UK Post Office of approx £8.50 per package.
That's the one thing I'm aware of. It really annoys me being worded as ' collected on your behalf'.
Yeah there are lots of things that annoy me, and handling charges are one of them.
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But now it's charged simply for moving the package from one trolley to another so that duty and VAT can be applied. Which is ridiculous.
As far as I know the postal service or the courier service pays the taxes in advance and does the paperwork so that you don't have to visit the responsible customs office. Courier services often charge more than 20EUR for the task.
Good point. Yes, Royal Mail pay the amount due to HM Revenue and Customs and then send a ‘fee to pay’ card to the addressee.
I remember a couple of years ago bank charges of £15 for a bounced cheque, were attacked as being nothing like the true cost which was maybe £1 for an electronic charge. Trouble is there is no way to complain, and if you don't pay then the package goes back to sender. I've never objected to the customs charge, but the handling charge is usually more. It's like being charged at a supermarket for using the cash register and taking a payment.
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