mathman opened this issue on Dec 12, 2006 · 46 posts
tez12 posted Thu, 14 December 2006 at 11:03 AM
I sellected USPS Global Express Mail but there where some other options, they where extreemly expensive though. I dont beleave they use any service that would pickup this end and continue the shipping in one price. Some people will ship Item as a present or under value it to avoid duty charges. I did look into all this as I perchased boxed software, the system is rather complex. Tariff classification can be tax can be added to a item as well as the standard 17.5% vat. The Vat is added to the total value including postage.
My poser 7 order started at $156.99 thats with the $10 coupon off, thats £85.38 uk pounds paid from paypal. Id be very shocked if I get this item with no additional shipping charge but, Vat will for certain be added as well as some kind of duty. So added just VAT it comes to £99. Im usng online currency convertion which never works out correct, its always more but that. This means in total iv paid $194 USD for the upgrade.
Of course if you add shipping charges from Royal mail plus handling fees your looking at another £10 -£15 or more maybe less maybe more, it prety much works out im paying the price of the full Poser 7 price in USD. Im comparing all the above based on when I perchased a software boxed product Steinberg Cubase Producer pac. It looked a very attractive price to start with but soon end up costing me way over what I calculated. Dont let me put anyone off, its just my experience, im hoping things wont be as bad this time. Its wasnt a problem just took longer than I hoped and costed much more.
Royal mail did lie to me though which I wasnt happy about. They said they had tryed to deiver it but nobody was in. I was in all day, most of which looking out my window pmsl.