Shipping stuff back to the uk

[gem n jame]

hi

has anyone shipped anything back to the uk, via fedex, ups etc......

looking to buy a guitar, and instead of messing round bring back on the plane, was thinking of sending it home via ups, fedex.

my question is, is their a fedex office etc to go and a send it.

also if you have sent anything back, was it $$$$$$

cheers

[sylvy]

:wavey: Hi when you ship items back you will have to pay the charges when they get here the payment has to be made to the Royal Mail,my partner bought a PRS when we were ther a few years ago and paid the vat at the airport.I am sure it still worked out cheaper than buying here. :wave:

[Jakey rowling]

hi

has anyone shipped anything back to the uk, via fedex, ups etc......

looking to buy a guitar, and instead of messing round bring back on the plane, was thinking of sending it home via ups, fedex.

my question is, is their a fedex office etc to go and a send it.

also if you have sent anything back, was it $$$$$$

cheers

Just make sure you understand the customs duty/VAT that will be payable if you ship them home.
Parcelforce are now responsible for collecting this and charge you £8 for the privilege so you would have to make some declaration as to the goods value to be exempt.

You will likely have to pay customs duty.

See here for more info
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P53_4320

Note that although this appears as a guide for Internet shopping it's a separate guide for goods delivered by post (including gifts for yourself) back to the UK, not limited to internet purchases as I understand it for values < 2K.


1.1 What this notice is about
This notice explains what happens when you import or export goods by post through Royal Mail including Parcelforce Worldwide


2.4 Gifts
Goods sent as a gift are not free of import duties and import VAT. However,customs duty will not be collected if the amount is less than £7, and import VAT is not chargeable if:

the value of the gift does not exceed £36
the customs declaration is completed correctly
the gift has been sent from a private person outside the EU to a private person(s) in this country
the gift is for the use of either yourself or your family
there is no commercial or trade element and the gift has not been paid for either directly or indirectly
the gift is of an occasional nature only eg for a birthday or anniversary.

Customs duty is defined here
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_009989&propertyType=document

Funnily enough there is a guitar section which states duty is 3.2-3.7% so maybe not enough to worry about.

Use this link to find the nearest FedEx place to you
http://www.fedex.com/Dropoff/start?locale=en_US

[shamu1]

:wave: when we were there last year i bought a zune when we got home it did not work i sent it back to virgin megastore (which were very helpful) who sent me another one i had to pay £36 to costoms before they would release it i think this could work out really expensive for you :(

[Ade666]

A couple of years ago Disney did an offer where you got a free large snowglobe when you bought a 14 day ticket. When I picked it up it the box was huge - about 15 cm by 15cm x 15cm - too big for my luggage. So I wrapped it in brown paper and took it to the post office in Turkey Lake Road. It was already well padded with polystyrene.

Filled in the export declaration and was completely truthful - put a value of 100USD etc. Expected to be hit with a bill when I got back to the UK.

Anyway when I pull up at my house on return the Parcelforce van is outside and hands me the parcel - now that really is what I call service. Nothing to pay, no damage and I think it only cost me around 12USD for shipping.

[shirley]

DS friend bought a guitar when we flew with virgen in june 2003 and it was no bother they put it through in the hold and wasnt damaged in anyway. would save you a fair bit of money as they are heavy. depends if you are going with for luggage allowance. shirley

[BetBob]

Hi we looked at buying a guitar for DS last year but we decided it wouldn't work out much cheaper by the time you pay shipping costs and customs. We couldn't be sure of getting it on the plane so chickened out in the end. If you reckon you could bring it back with you then that's probably the cheapest option.
Bit hard to smuggle through customs though......

[001_ATLANTIS]

I bought an inflatable snowman a few years ago (I know I know -don't ask!) and sent it back to the UK using the US Post Office in Turkey Lake Road. It took about 3 weeks to get back to the UK but didn't cost me more than the postage ($10 I think). I was also planning on sending back clothes last year after having gone wild in the aisles and got some free boxes and forms from the US Post Office inside the Mall at Millenia. However it turned out my baggage wasn't as heavy as I had thought and I never had to put this to the test. It remains "plan B" though for the future!

[bookswin]

There is a FedEx/Kinko's just a couple miles from Downtown Disney. You can find the location on their website. Other useful shops down that way like a Walgreen's pharmacy, liquor store, Winn-Dixie grocery, etc.

FedEx/Kinko's is a convenient place to rent computer Internet time to check your email. I think it costs about $6 per hour, charged by the minute.