postage rules

[kittykat8]

Does anyone know the rules, was going to buy 8 packets of peppers seed from america say half had 10 seeds in and the other had 20 seeds in, what are our custom rules would i have to pay extra, bill would come to 22 dollars aprox £11.00 plus postage


Thanks

Marion

[smallblueplanet]

There's a thread on general chitchat 'cheap dollars...' - its £18 worth of goods before postage from outside the EU before duty & vat is due.

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[kittykat8]

so will they work out 22 dollars to £11.00

marion

[smallblueplanet]

sorry marion I don't understand your problem?

[srodders]

Postage doesn't count in the £18 pound allowance. If you ordered 100 packets of seed it wouldn't matter, as long as they packaged it in parcels where each parcel had a max. value of £18 you would pay NO duty.

That's how a lot of our businesses operate (CDs, DVDs, computer stuff etc).

[smallblueplanet]

Postage doesn't count in the £18 pound allowance. If you ordered 100 packets of seed it wouldn't matter, as long as they packaged it in parcels where each parcel had a max. value of £18 you would pay NO duty.

That's how a lot of our businesses operate (CDs, DVDs, computer stuff etc).

Agreed, but you have to use the official exchange rate used by Customs to determine the value of your goods - not really a problem as long as you don't get too close to £18!