#5

Sorry I can’t remember exactly but 3.5% would be about £25? I don’t remember paying more than that apart from the vat. But don’t want to give you wrong info. I’d check my finances but I’m away at the moment. Good luck with it.

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#6

I have one on the way at the moment - will let you know how much I end up paying when it turns up!

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#7

Yep, 20% plus handling charge which can vary but 3% sounds about right (I think it increased depending on items declared value… I could be wrong).

The .GOV documentation is so hard to follow it is a bit of a guessing game really.

Just ordered a Monome and Ansible this lunch time (stoked… so excited!) so I will soon find out either way!

#8

Haven’t lived in the UK for a while but when I did, I used to add 25% to the cost of anything I wanted to buy from outside the EU. That included VAT, import duties and the wonderful Royal Mail/Courier “handling” fee.

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#9

yeah that royal mail handling fee is nice. i once got stung on a pair of socks! what a fool i was :slight_smile:

#10

Yep… ‘Royal Fail’ certainly don’t do themselves any favors do they!

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#11

I think you’d be looking at bill of around £95-100 for VAT and then a £10-15 handling/admin fee for the courier.

Based of a recent delivery from parcel force for a purchase of a similar value. The grid might be a little bit heavier, so that may change things a little.

Hope that helps

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#12

I usually calculate 25% of the original value and it’s been always pretty much spot on, at least for Italian customs.

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#13

I bought an Ansible and Grid; but can’t dig out the customs charges. If I remember rightly, VAT is a much more significant number here. An additional 5% sounds about right.

#14

Ansible + Grid = £98.85.

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#15

Just had the HMRC Duty Letter and mine comes to £104.70 (Ansible+Grid).

Not too bad really considering that buying direct means also that more £ goes to the manufacturer :+1:

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#16

Just back from hols and mine was waiting for me with a charge of £104 (for just grid).

#17

Sorry for the OT, but how long did shipping take, approx?

#18

Monome to London
Ordered 18th May
Sent 24th May
Arrived 5th June

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#19

Ordered 18th May
Arrived 4th June to my place in London

Charges were £100, and I had Ansible with the Grid too. Totally worth it!

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#20

Hi,

Sorry to bother with such questions but I was wondering if there is anyone here in Japan who has imported/purchased a monome grid?

I would like to get an idea of what I can expect to pay in duty & import charges, would love to order one but looking at the charges in Japan it can sometimes cost upto 30%!.

Any help from the community would be greatly appreciated
Cheers

#21

Off the top of my head I think I usually pay about 5% when I’ve had stuff shipped here.

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#22

@mutedail thank you for the reply, sorry but can I ask you have you ordered a Grid to Japan in the past?

#23

Yes but part of a larger shipment. But anytime I’ve ordered any kind of Eurorack or music controller it’s about 5% over 10,000 (from what I remember).

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#24

Thanks really appreciate the help.

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