[jfury]

Can someone help me out - I have recently purchased 2 prints from an ebay seller based in the US worth about £2.5K. I have requested an insured service up to the value of the prints (will come in 2 seperate tubes) and have requested a decent courier service...fedex etc. So far the communication from the seller has been superb and seems like a decent guy.

Two questions though:

1) How much should I expect to pay for delivery?
2) Payment will be by bank transfer (at my request) so do I transfer the money in £ or $ - and will there be any extra charges?...I will be using a high street bank for the transfer.

Any help much appreciated

[koolchris99]

i have got a fair few prints from the US and usually pay around the 20quid mark but have paid more and have paid less... remember thought your going to get hit with import tax on arrival in the uk. ouch

[jfury]

Is that all???....yeah I undertsand the VAT bit, its just I never purchased prints at this price from the US before

[bonesy]

Id personally split the cost of the plane ticket with the seller and take the lady to the US for the weekend.

[Rude Copper]

i had a print sent by fedex priority(3day), it cost £110, it was a 5ft tube tho,
tax should be 5%
if you have any reservations, consider paying by escrow, they charge a fee, but you get a 2 day inspection period before they release the funds to the seller.

[jfury]

...fair point VAT + Delivery - worth doing if you buy a load of prints you would save a fortune and you would be able to buy cheaper due to VAT!!!...like the idea - Unfortunatley going to the US in Dec so prob a bit late for the seller!

[robo]

Before the items are delivered to you, you are likely to get VAT charges from UK customs at 5% or 17.5% depending on the items. Deliveries can be held up several weeks by this process. The VAT-able amount is the print value (which matches the insured amount) plus the postage cost. Plus an £8 handling fee that makes this expensive for small items.

Hope that helps!