@jonhodgson When I've bought goods from USA and other non EU countries in the past it's the shipping agent which collects the VAT and Import duty on behalf of Customs & Excise + their admin fee, b...

Not only that but you also pay VAT on the duty! Tax on a tax on an imaginary cost!

Wow, that is crazy. I think it's already ridiculous that you have to pay VAT on the shipping charge, but inventing a stupidly high charge so they can get VAT off it is criminal (morally speaking).

Beware of Stewmacs 'free delivery'! HMRC will assess a value for the carriage of about £150 and charge you VAT, duty and admin costs on this. No getting around it, no discussion, no appeal. Pay it or ...

Interesting, according to gov.uk the VAT threshold is only £15 (duty is £135). I guess there's a degree of luck involved as to whether the customs officer dealing with your package can be bothered to ...

Yes, ordered the set of three polishing compounds about two weeks ago and arrived this morning. No issues with customs or vat, but was well below the customs threshold.

Yes, Stewmac aren't cheap, but they have so many cool looking things. But with the Stewmax option meaning there's no postage on individual orders, it becomes reasonable to make small orders. When I fi...

Phew almost didn't make it - but here we are! Get in early so you don't miss the new INTRO!!!!

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This is new out from The Pretty Reckless, “And so it went”. Kick arse rock song. 🤘😝🤘🎸 Turn up to 11 (Only if you like rock music though. If not, listen to something els...

Has anyone ever managed to order something for less than £135 from Stewmac?? 😋 I hadn't realised that the rules for collecting/paying VAT had changed worldwide - I'd assumed it was just an E...

I don't know if this has been brought up here before, but at 11pm on December 31st the rules on VAT for goods imported to the UK changed for the whole world, not just the EU.Basically if a consignment...

Maybe the customer wouldn’t realise if an air guitar was handed to him/her instead of a transparent guitar. If it was me I'm sure I would. The improved tone and lack of bum notes would be a dead give...

That's a plus, the customer has to come back to you for a replacement. @jonhodgson Maybe the customer wouldn’t realise if an air guitar was handed to him/her instead of a transparent guitar. 😆...

I don’t want to come across as overly practical but, once you put it down, how the hell would you find it again?! 🤣 🤣 @darrenking 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It’s all part o...

That's a plus, the customer has to come back to you for a replacement.

I don’t want to come across as overly practical but, once you put it down, how the hell would you find it again?! 🤣 🤣

that circuit looks like it was made by aliens! @mattbeels Aliens are cool and they have made far better stuff than that. They are our friends and watch over us. 🙂🌍👽