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[RichAE91]

Any Idea how much tax/ handling fees would be added for an order of about £2000 (GBP) cause i dont want to order and then not be able to afford any aditional charges

[allardwza]

...from my experience, expect to pay VAT on the declared value plus about £10-20 handling fee...

[bluesign2k]

I think strictly speaking there is VAT (at 20%), import duty which is dependent on what you're importing (apparently puzzles are at 4.7%) and any handling charge the UK side handler charges.

You can use http://www.dutycalculator.com to get an estimate. Using this, £2000 of non-wooden puzzles coming from Canada (assuming it's coming from puzzle master) with ~CA$200 for shipping and £0 for insurance could cost you an additional ~£550 plus any handling fees.

I think this site is pretty accurate as I've just entered the figures for when I bought the set of 51 hanayama from Puzzle Master a few years ago, when corrected from the current VAT rate it gets a figure within a few £ of what I paid.

[Mr. Tea]

i'm glad this has been mentioned as I am planning on a 1300CAD purchase after xmas and now i will make sure i have enough for duty etc

[bluesign2k]

It's also interesting that if the final delivery is done through Parcel Force, they send you a letter requesting payment over the phone before they'll deliver it (or send it back if you don't pay in time). If however, it's delivered by DHL then they ship it to you without any mention of extra charges... then a few weeks later just when you think you've got away with it, BAM!, they send you an invoice asking you pay the duty

[kev1n]

Any Idea how much tax/ handling fees would be added for an order of about £2000 (GBP) cause i dont want to order and then not be able to afford any aditional charges

£2000? What are you buying?
Sounds fantastic to get that much puzzling in one go!
I find that from Canada the postage is the real killer!

[RichAE91]

Well Im Looking to get all these:

Set of 54 Hanayama Puzzles
Set of 6 Trick Lock Puzzles
Set of 12 Metal Puzzles
Set of 40 Wire Puzzles
EZ Galaxy
ABC Puzzle
EZ Unlink
Trick Bolt 1
Trick Bolt 2
Trick Bolt 3
Alcatraz The Puzzle
Threebius Mobius
Super Cubi
Medallion
Brass Pyramid
All Hail The King
2 Keys
209
Bolted Closed
Kugellager 8
Laby Box 1
Laby Schloss
Maischloss
Schiebschloss
Schloss Mit Holz
Schloss Dick

but i'll have to check if i can get better prices from elsewhere (due to the vat)

[Alimorris]

Blimey Rich, that's quite a haul!

I see you have a bit of a lock theme going on too.

[Will]

Do not buy the Brass Pyramid! The design is so bad that anyone is going to solve the puzzle under a minute. Not the mention the quality...

[RichAE91]

Blimey Rich, that's quite a haul!

I see you have a bit of a lock theme going on too.

Yeah Theres Lots of puzzle on puzzle master thats caught my eye, and I do enjoy trick locks I just wish I could buy the popplock series from there too lol