Custom charges, will I have to pay?

[whimsy]

I've just ordered ds a wiggles doll from the website and it mentions that I may have to pay Customs charges
what are they and how much will it be? anyone know and is this usual?

Hmmm i think you do have to be careful. My brother recently ordered 3 books £5 each from america but he then got charged £18 when they arrived.

£18 on top of the £15 i mean.

Really, s**t. I didn't think about it at the time. How do they get away with it on Ebay then?

I think if it is posted as a gift you don't pay the customs charge.

Erm good question.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will be able to tell you

Am interested to know myself now.

So if the doll costb £13, £6 delivery how much would i be looking at?

They don't often charge but if they do it is usually just VAT, 17.5%

here
Tells you all you want to know!
I work for a shipping & forwarding company and it's amazing the number of times people phone to find out about shipping costs as they've seen something (usually in USA) that looks very cheap - but by the time shipping, duty and vat are added it's much more expensive!

Thanks everyone.

Have just called HM Revenue & customs, they told me they charge on goods over £18 (they don't include the postage) So I should be ok.
They did tell me that some company's put a higher value down on the forms for insurance purposes.
Anything over 18 and it's 17.5%

Thanks scotlou. At least Im aware of it now, I only did it cause I couldn't get one over here