ivlucas Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 American Fender Elite Jazz bass Swamp ash body Maple neck Maple fretboard Active 18 volt Fender preamp Noiseless Fender Pickups Weight 9.8lbs No case, bass has some wear as it has been played No trades Price shipped worldwide with the neck off the body due to size constraints 1
SzunaP Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Hi. Where are you located? EU? UK? Is the neck OK? Which year? Thx 1 1
ivlucas Posted December 13, 2019 Author Posted December 13, 2019 9 hours ago, SzunaP said: Hi. Where are you located? EU? UK? Is the neck OK? Which year? Thx Yes i am in US and its a 2016
krispn Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Out of interest what sort of average cost is it to send a bass (neck off) to the U.K. from the USA? I’m guessing there might be some import taxes too?
ivlucas Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, krispn said: Out of interest what sort of average cost is it to send a bass (neck off) to the U.K. from the USA? I’m guessing there might be some import taxes too? Around 90 Euro
krispn Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) Not bad! With taxes on top tho? Edited December 28, 2019 by krispn
ivlucas Posted December 28, 2019 Author Posted December 28, 2019 1 hour ago, krispn said: Not bad! With taxes on top tho? Dont know what taxes would be
krispn Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Cheers. I had someone asking about shipping costs earlier in an unrelated matter and I genuinely had no idea. I’d extimated a few hundred dollars shipping and import costs.
Guest Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 Roughly 3.5% import duty on the total cost declared (including shipping), then 20% VAT on the total. There may be a handling charge for customs clearance and delivery.
binky_bass Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 You'll also get the same rate of tax applied to the postage costs as well! So say £1100 for a bass in the US, £100 for postage, you'll be looking at £250 on top for tax.
Yan_Huriey Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 On 28/12/2019 at 09:34, FDC484950 said: Roughly 3.5% import duty on the total cost declared (including shipping), then 20% VAT on the total. There may be a handling charge for customs clearance and delivery. I might be wrong here, but I'm sure you don't pay vat on second hand goods. If you keep details of your transaction online and don't include a receipt (inside the packaging) they have no reason to charge you anything. It's just a bass going from one place to another. 1
binky_bass Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 If you insure the item, you will pay tax relevant to the value you insured it for. Your risk as to the value you place on the item! 1
Guest Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 21 minutes ago, Yan_Hurei said: I might be wrong here, but I'm sure you don't pay vat on second hand goods. If you keep details of your transaction online and don't include a receipt (inside the packaging) they have no reason to charge you anything. It's just a bass going from one place to another. You pay duty and tax on the declared value. it has nothing to do with new vs used goods sold by retailers in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty If you declare the goods as, say £100 not only do you risk being charged a lot more but a fine and possibly having the goods impounded. Customs staff are aware of Google and it just isn’t worth the risk with something of this value
Yan_Huriey Posted January 1, 2020 Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the link, I did some extra digging and you are correct, what a RIP off. Same will now apply to buying stuff from the EU, so yeah basically you're screwed buying anything outside of the UK. That said this Elite is lovely and it's not a bad price so it might still be worth it for you. Edited January 1, 2020 by Yan_Hurei 2
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