Buying spares from Germany

[Silver-Fox]

Im

I'm trying to avoid buying from China as much as possible.

Difficult to do sometimes.

I use Makita battery kit for work.
Printed on the machine Made in China

18v batteries exactly the same

 

[jongood]

Difficult to do sometimes.

I use Makita battery kit for work.
Printed on the machine Made in China

18v batteries exactly the same

Totally agree, but I'm still trying.

Incidentally there is a Makita factory less than 20 miles from me.

 

[jongood]

Steve and Denise progress report as promised, I've got a link on my phone to pay the import charges to UPS, only trouble is the link won't work, I suspect the problem is its been input with a space. Will get on the phone later.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Totally agree, but I'm still trying.

Incidentally there is a Makita factory less than 20 miles from me.

Didnt know you lived in China

 

[jongood]

Didnt know you lived in China

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[PJGWiltshire]

If by chance you know any body in Northern Ireland. Get it sent from Germany to them. Once landed get it posted Royal Mail yo you. That route no duty to pay

 

[Lenny HB]

If by chance you know any body in Northern Ireland. Get it sent from Germany to them. Once landed get it posted Royal Mail yo you. That route no duty to pay

Only 1% difference in Vat an providing any agents charges aren't too high when shipping direct, with the cost of shipping from NI it would probably be more expensive.

 

[sueandjohn]

My son was well ripped off buying bike parts from EU - on top of charges which included ‘all fees and shipping’ about another 50% was added by the carrier - buyer beware

 

[Sapper520]

My son was well ripped off buying bike parts from EU - on top of charges which included ‘all fees and shipping’ about another 50% was added by the carrier - buyer beware

And that’s why I didn’t hit the buy button when the sellers couldn’t give me a final cost to me.

 

[jongood]

Ive just paid UPS £155.49 , By my calculation the german vat element ( that I wasnt charged)should have been 160 euros.
The tracking says that they re still in Germany at the moment but apparently due to be delivered on Thursday

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[Steve and Denise]

I have contacted UPS to try and find out about customs costs but they say I have to contact customs in the eu so still no further on cost

 

[Lenny HB]

Ive just paid UPS £155.49 , By my calculation the german vat element ( that I wasnt charged)should have been 160 euros.
The tracking says that they re still in Germany at the moment but apparently due to be delivered on Thursday

Does that include UK VAT?

 

[Ridgeway]

Ive just paid UPS £155.49 , By my calculation the german vat element ( that I wasnt charged)should have been 160 euros.
The tracking says that they re still in Germany at the moment but apparently due to be delivered on Thursday

That's key, avoiding the local VAT from the sellers side otherwise you'll be paying VAT twice and once is bad enough...

 

[bigwood]

The car parts arrived from Germany today at no extra cost. I can only assume having VAT on the receipt meant there as nothing more to pay.
The part is only 8” long but the box was about 2 ‘ long and rammed full of padding.

 

[jongood]

I have contacted UPS to try and find out about customs costs but they say I have to contact customs in the eu so still no further on cost

Yours should surely be the same arrangement as mine, as far as I'm aware I've not been charged the German Vat but have now paid the UK Vat and a service charge.

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[Steve and Denise]

Yours should surely be the same arrangement as mine, as far as I'm aware I've not been charged the German Vat but have now paid the UK Vat and a service charge.

That will be good if that’s the case see if there is any more charges upon delivery, hopefully not.

 

[jongood]

That will be good if that’s the case see if there is any more charges upon delivery, hopefully not.

So here they are a day early. The driver initially asked for the £155.49 again but when I told him I had already paid it he gave a sigh and said they're always doing that, so haven't paid anything more

 

[funflair]

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So here they are a day early. The driver initially asked for the £155.49 again but when I told him I had already paid it he gave a sigh and said they're always doing that, so haven't paid anything more

Crack on Jon, we want them fitted and a a report at the weekend

 

[Steve and Denise]

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So here they are a day early. The driver initially asked for the £155.49 again but when I told him I had already paid it he gave a sigh and said they're always doing that, so haven't paid anything more

Best get my order in then

 

[andyman]

I ordered some gas struts from German. Arrived today delivered by UPS and no additional charges to pay.

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