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Post by faffer on Nov 5, 2016 19:42:33 GMT
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 5, 2016 19:45:41 GMT
I can only speak from my own experience. I have only once had to pay duty on anything from China and the retailer (a photography shop) warned in their listing that it would probably be the case. Everything else I've bought from China has not had any duty charged (probably around 100 items over the years). Anything I've bought from the USA has always had duty charged.
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Post by cuthound on Nov 5, 2016 19:47:13 GMT
Hmm, misread the title . Though it said "Buying body bits from China", so would be about trafficking in human organs π
Edited to change tithe back to wot I rote, title!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 19:47:20 GMT
Delivery ,in my experience, is longer than uk. Some of the items I have ordered have taken upto 4 weeks. Others much quicker.I have paid duty on one item in the past,Think it depends how the item is marked up by the seller.
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Post by faffer on Nov 5, 2016 19:54:38 GMT
I cant see anything but this in the listing, is this basic in all over seas sellers agreements.
5. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 5, 2016 19:56:08 GMT
I cant see anything but this in the listing, is this basic in all over seas sellers agreements. 5. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. That just means they're covering themselves. It's pot-luck I'm afraid.
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Post by faffer on Nov 5, 2016 20:03:45 GMT
I cant see anything but this in the listing, is this basic in all over seas sellers agreements. 5. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. That just means they're covering themselves. It's pot-luck I'm afraid. Not got time or cash to risk it. I have found these that are similar from the UK. But Β£14 dearer.
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Post by NigelMoore on Nov 5, 2016 20:40:51 GMT
That just means they're covering themselves. It's pot-luck I'm afraid. Agreed. I have had nothing but good exeprience buying from China. the quality can be pot-luck, as is the possibility of duty etc, but if you are given the option of having delivery by DHL or similar [for about a tenner extra], the goods can be delivered within 48 hours, and the duty and ancillary costs less than if ordering by post. Some exporters declare the actual cost [presumably] rather than the paid cost, further minimising the duty. Often there is nothing to pay - no real consistency.
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 6, 2016 9:37:36 GMT
Why not just get a few million Chinese to move into Britain and set up factories? Then there would be no long waits or enormous postage costs for the poor-quality products they churn out? Cheap labour, cheap to buy - everyone's a Winner! Unless you want something that's made properly and will last a long time.
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Post by cuthound on Nov 6, 2016 9:57:04 GMT
Why not just get a few million Chinese to move into Britain and set up factories? Then there would be no long waits or enormous postage costs for the poor-quality products they churn out? Cheap labour, cheap to buy - everyone's a Winner! Unless you want something that's made properly and will last a long time. Well my iPod was made in China and it's still going strong after nearly 11 years of daily use. The quality of a product is purely dependent upon specification and having a robust quality control recess in place, irrespective of where it is made. Edited for spillung.
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Post by peterboat on Nov 6, 2016 10:47:30 GMT
Why not just get a few million Chinese to move into Britain and set up factories? Then there would be no long waits or enormous postage costs for the poor-quality products they churn out? Cheap labour, cheap to buy - everyone's a Winner! Unless you want something that's made properly and will last a long time. Well my iPod was made in China and it's still going strong after nearly 11 years of daily use. The quality of a product is purely dependent upon specification and having a robust quality control recess in place, irrespective of where it is made. Edited for spillung. I bought a solar controller years ago that caught fire!! it came from china [didnt say so on the blurb] so since then I am very wary about any electronics from there
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 10:56:58 GMT
Well my iPod was made in China and it's still going strong after nearly 11 years of daily use. The quality of a product is purely dependent upon specification and having a robust quality control recess in place, irrespective of where it is made. Edited for spillung. I bought a solar controller years ago that caught fire!! it came from china [didnt say so on the blurb] so since then I am very wary about any electronics from there I have two solar controllers, one brought directly from China (5 years still running), or brought directly from Taiwan,nearly China (2 years still running). No fires so far, fingers crossed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 10:58:52 GMT
My first LED's were bought off ebay, supplied from China at 99p each.
Great value!
Apart from half didn't work, and those that did flickered and died slowly.
I ended up paying full price at Bedazzled, but they work well and cause no interference.
Having said the above, my mate is still using the cheap Chinese ones two years later, without having a problem. Must be the electrics on my old boat that was incompatible.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 11:14:19 GMT
My first LED's were bought off ebay, supplied from China at 99p each. Great value! Apart from half didn't work, and those that did flickered and died slowly. I ended up paying full price at Bedazzled, but they work well and cause no interference. Having said the above, my mate is still using the cheap Chinese ones two years later, without having a problem. Must be the electrics on my old boat that was incompatible. Rog Same experience here with some 99p LEDs from China, flickering and annoying at times. Where do Bedazzled source their ones from?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 11:18:30 GMT
I don't know, but they're much more substantial, with built in fuses and suppressor.
Rog
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