I'm gonna go ahead and buy DynoJet Power Commander V USB for Honda CBR 1000 RR 08-11 this week but as it's coming from the US I'm guessing I'll have to pay import duty on it. How does it work? Do you pay over the phone once it lands in the UK? Cheers!!!
Yeah usually get a letter off Royal Mail or parcelforce with their charges grrrrrr sometimes they get through my mate brought some stomp grips accidentally from us paid 36 dollars delivered and then had a 11.50 charge off Royal Mail
Out of interest why are you buying from the states? There are different ways to pay depending how its sent, some stuff I have paid over the phone and other stuff I have had to collect from the post office and pay cash (I know a piss take as you have paid for delivery!) Some stuff they ask for a payment at your door
Because it seems to be dirt cheap!! All together it's £190 inc shipping. Import on that cant be loads can it? I know PCV in the UK are like £300
Mate, you can find a brand new PCV for around £265, SH for under 190. Dynojet UK will not honour the warranty if bought in the states. You'll be charged duty and VAT, worst case budget about 38 quid extra(@20% VAT), you might get lucky though and be charged a lot less.Can be a lottery
the duty you pay all depends on the commodity code,that can range from 0%-90%!!!! but is usually around 8-15%. you can look it up on the gov.uk website (import,customs part).it's bloody hard to find though,and then even harder to work out which code you need.it's a good idea to do it though as i bought some leathers from the states and knew the code was@4% but they charged me 15%.i made a claim and got the difference refunded. Royal mail will not deliver the parcel until the the duty,VAT+delivery charge+handling fee is paid.so your looking at about £10 handling fee,20% VAT and say 10% import duty. So 190+Import (19)+Vat (40)+handling fee(10) doesn't make it look a real bargain tbh considering you'd not get any warranty. long gone are the days they could mark it as a gift and get through without import duty+VAT.
Wow I underestimated as usual!. I've used this previously to estimate the taxes. New Import Duty & Taxes Calculation | DutyCalculator I bought my PCV from Dynojet direct, they will normally give 20% off retail, but ebay is the cheapest place. Also the after-service from Dynojet is exemplary, ask for Martin at dynojet, always on hand for any tech advice. If Preston is not too far they can offer free custom map (if they new a map for your setup)
As Said above you can get them for 265 new with a years warentee Just a quick 20sec eBay search 269quid posted DYNOJET POWER COMMANDER 5 PCV HONDA CBR1000RR 2008-2011 "NEW" | eBay
a quick go on the calculator gives this. EditTotal customs value: £199.62 - Duty: £0.00 - VAT: £39.92 Total import duty & taxes due: £39.92 Total landed cost: £239.54 +handling fee from parcel force. worth noting that without actually going through all the commodity codes (theres over 10,000) to find the exact 1 it'sa tricky to gauge the actuall import duty. so still a bit cheaper than buying oiver here,but no where near the bargain it initially looks,and without any back up wouldn't risk it myself
Yeah gonna be sensible and just bite the bullet and pay 265 UK price. Atleast I get it quicker, get a years warranty and have a local port of call if any issues..
I got some helibars from the US, bars were $250 then $33 postage and insurance. got hit with parcelforce fee, customs free, import tax cost an extra £61 I used to never get charged import tax but now its every bloody time.
I believe they have moved the goal posts on import tax recently to capture more revenue! I think it's now up to the value of £15 is free from import tax on purchases, & up to the value of £30 is free if the customs form is marked as a gift.
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