Ref the export/re-import of the selector to and from Germany.. Its slightly tricky now to ship small parcels into and receive from the EU. The two main requirements are the units value and the assigned codes to describe the item being sent. From my perspective I considered it a second hand unit and assigned the second hand value, if I had sent the original selector from the car I would have thought a similar value could be used, being the cost to fit a second hand unit if the original was lost. The additional cost occurred when the selector was sent back from Germany, the cost of the modification to the selector had been used as the value of the unit, this was considerably more than the units actual second hand value. So VAT and import duty was assigned accordingly at the higher value. The duty costs on small parcels coming into the UK are handled by the carrier company ( DHL, ParcelForce, TNT etc ) they calculate and apply the duty on behalf of HMRC. So you have to deal with the carrier if you think the import duty is incorrect. I did try to question the import and VAT duty assigned, however, dealing with a carrier was difficult and slow. Basically they told me that once a value and description code had been applied by the shipper, it was very difficult to change for duty recalculation..
If I were to do this again I would have a discussion with Morgan Park regarding the selectors actual value before it was shipped. You live and learn.
Last edited by Davetherave; 22/11/24 10:02 AM.
