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Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:33 pm
by grizzlymc
N for Norman isn't interested in failed artists. He only targets celebrities. Y'no, people who've done summat wiv their lives.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:28 pm
by Essex Boy
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:12 pm
Just got notified about these on another forum:-
http://www.tabletop-world.com/?product=91
https://stronghold-terrain.de/en/shop/e ... traegerin/
Went for the second one, and ordered a "St Brendan of Clonfert" figure to accompany my SAGA Normans, all for the same postage.
So nah-nah, nah nah naaah to the feckin' lot o' yas!!!! Still find it odd that nobody in the UK makes something like this.
(The reason I was being so snarky about the tax & RM kidnap ransom was because I believe the threshold for paying it is £18 including postage, and the Novus Designs well, with postage, was £18.48. Given my previous luck with customs duties I wasn't going to risk being stung for whatever (20%?) + £8 for the sake of 48 pence. The purchase from Stronghold came in at £26 including VAT at only 19%
AND with two useful figures.)
I believe VAT is due on goods purchased from outside the EU where the gross value is more than £15. The gross value includes the cost of the goods plus carriage, plus insurance and plus duty (you don't pay duty where the goods, plus carriage and insurance totals less than £135). It's the same VAT you would be paying to an EU VAT registered trader (subject to the prevailing rate of VAT) and only a fraction less than the VAT you indirectly pay to a trader who isn't registered for VAT - roughly equivalent to the VAT on the profit margin in fact.
The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.
Why the feck do I still care about any of this............
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:46 pm
by levied troop
Because you care
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:24 pm
levied troop wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:57 am
Why not scratchbuild
it’s not too difficult:
The other Baron and I are going to give you such a slap at Salute!
(Given our age/state of health, we may have to take turns.)
Do you want me to bring the stepladder?
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:49 pm
by Paul
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:28 pm
The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.
It's the £8 agents fee that is the rip off.
I am sure that adding say £1 to the duty would easily cover the cost of contacting recipients directly for payment before releasing the item for delivery. It was always meant as a way of adding revenue to the Royal Mail rather than a genuine, necessary service.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:20 pm
by Essex Boy
Paul wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:49 pm
Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:28 pm
The £8 is the amount the Government feels happy for you to pay to its agent so that it doesn't have to employ a few civil servants.
It's the £8 agents fee that is the rip off.
I am sure that adding say £1 to the duty would easily cover the cost of contacting recipients directly for payment before releasing the item for delivery. It was always meant as a way of adding revenue to the Royal Mail rather than a genuine, necessary service.
It is. It's not quite money for old rope, but it's not far off.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:24 pm
by Buff Orpington
It is when the VAT element is £3:08 and you end up paying £11:08
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:12 am
by Essex Boy
Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:24 pm
It is when the VAT element is £3:08 and you end up paying £11:08
But, to be fair, if importing goods over a certain value it's a given that VAT is due and that there will be a handling charge. If we add VAT and £8 handling to the costs when ordering the goods there would be less disappointment.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:11 am
by Jeremy
Oh stop whining the lot of you! You’re worse than a bunch of crotchety old women!
You
occasionally have to pay VAT/import on a
small % of your toy purchases. Those unfortunates in other countries have to pay postage, which often exceeds the cost of the item, wait 4 to 6 weeks for something that may never arrive, and then pay VAT and duties on
EVERY shipment.
You seriously don’t know how good you have it!
Take it from someone who had to do this for 29 years.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:55 am
by Essex Boy
Only twenty nine years? You must have started very, very young.
Re: Looking for a big covered well (28mm)
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:08 am
by Jeremy
15. I’m younger than I look
