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Shipping wheels from USA
« on: July 28, 2014, 07:06:01 pm »
Hi I'm thinking about getting wheels shipped from USA to the Uk

Has anyone shipped wheels for USA? Is it safe & was they damaged?

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2014, 07:08:12 pm »
Are you aware of import duty fees as well?

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/tax-and-duty.htm - Info
http://www.dutycalculator.com/ - Calculator

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2014, 07:21:05 pm »
How much are they?

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2014, 07:25:48 pm »
Few years back, cost me £550 in shipping and import duty/tax.
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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2014, 07:26:30 pm »
How much are they?

Second link is a duty calculator.

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2014, 07:57:44 pm »
Which brand of wheels? As a few of the US of A manufactures sell through some Euro distributors, thus avoiding 20% duty and shipping costs.
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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2014, 09:32:37 pm »
The watercooled company & they said some thing about shipping through stance uk so I'm guess that's what you mean

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2014, 09:37:38 pm »
Sometimes overseas sellers can get shipping with the import duties included so at least you know what you will be paying.

Import duty and vat can be a real killer for things like this.

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2014, 10:26:01 am »
I've bought a few sets of wheels from the USA and its perfectly safe providing they package them properly.

People say about import tax but just make sure they put a low value on the wheels when they tell the shipping company! My wheels cost me thousands and rotiform put the value as £300 so I enter up paying £41 import tax.

I'm sure people will disagree with this but it works perfectly fine.
« Last Edit: July 29, 2014, 10:56:41 am by George10 »

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2014, 03:31:38 am »
U can put the value of the wheels as less but u risk getting a lower payout if they are lost or damaged in transit. Double edged sword. Usually it's ok tho...

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Re: Shipping wheels from USA
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2014, 11:53:00 am »
I've heard something about getting the company to put that they are a warranty replacement as well?