Heads up, Sawyer mini water filter.

[ex-member BareThrills]

was about to pull the trigger on 2 but i get customs charge of additional 6.22 making the total £37.31 not bad for 2 still but they is also a risk of additional charges plus i will have to sell the other probably not worth it, should have gotten in earlier

There is no risk with Amazon of additional charges. Its more likely you will receive a small refund on their import charge estimation. Ive ordered dozens of things from amazon.com and ive never paid a penny more than they took up front. Ive also found if amazon dont charge the customs deposit ive never paid a customs fee.

I have however paid import VAT on items marginally over the £15 limit from other retailers so the under £40 thing is not a good guide. China is a different story though. When i was running a retail business i had to beg them to declare the correct value as they always put item values below the threshold

 

[steingis]

even if i do im still probably paying rrp plus its been the top of my must have list for a while now

barethrills:

i dont think duty is an issue on goods under £135 i think it was (cant find the page now) not from uk end anyway just the vat+ handling fees

 

[steingis]

quoted from hmrc http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/post/buying.htm

All other goods

If you order or send purchased goods other than alcohol, tobacco, perfume and toilet water from a country outside the EU then you:

don't have to pay Excise Duty
may have to pay Customs Duty on goods with a value that exceeds £135
will have to pay import VAT on goods with a value that exceeds £15

Note that on all goods from outside the EU, Customs Duty is waived if the amount of duty calculated is £9 or under.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

i dont think duty is an issue on goods under £135 i think it was (cant find the page now) not from uk end anyway just the vat+ handling fees

Yes that is correct. Only import vat and handling. Amazon refer to it as customs deposit. As its prepaid you dont have to pay parcelforces processing fee. Amazon effectively act as the UK frontier and customs agent all in one.

Also check out dutchwaregear.com. dutch sells the sawyer mini for $20 and his postage is reasonable. I think its $7.95 from memory. But dont blame me if you get hit for fees

 

[jacko1066]

Dutch seems to be around $14 now mate, just checked.


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[ex-member BareThrills]

Dutch seems to be around $14 now mate, just checked.


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fair enough Steve.

If it were me id get a few people together and order the party pack of 4 from amazon.com works out to £16 each including all import vat etc

 

[jacko1066]

Wow!! That's very good value!!

 

[kard133]

My filter arrived today, and I am impressed, I have only been able to test it with tap water so far, but the filter is really simple to use, the thread works on my Ortlieb 4L water bag, and to boot, it even got rid of the plastic taste that four days filled with vinegar and baking soda failed to shift. I am not certain why it filtered the plastic taste or if it may only be the placebo effect, if someone else with one of these filters and bags, and who notices the plastic taste, could test it and let me know, I would be grateful.

And I didn't get any customs, VAT or post office charges.

 

[jacko1066]

Just to let everyone no these are available again singularly from amazon.com!!


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