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LPB?!
Typically 20% vat, £40 duty and courier handling charge. The last guitar I bought the dealer gave me free delivery so that saved me more than the first time.
Highly illegal of course, but how could they prove it?
Vintage v400mh mahogany topped dreadnought acoustic FS - £100
The packages are sent from a domestic US address to a domestic UK address with gift written in huge letters on the side but inevitably we get an invoice a few weeks later demanding we pay. We then have to call them and point out it meets all of the rules.
"Anything posted or couriered to you goes through customs to check it isn’t banned or restricted and you pay the right tax and ‘duty’ (customs charges) on it.
This includes anything new or used that you:
Vintage v400mh mahogany topped dreadnought acoustic FS - £100
Plus who'd want to take a nice guitar on a plane?
I paid £880 for the guitar, shipping was quoted on the ebay site at $550
However when i expressed interest they told me to ignore the ebay shipping cost as many of the guitar shops in the US now get preferentially rates from FedEx
Any hoo, the damage was £880 for the guitar, £115 for five day delivery (insured) and £200 for Import duty, VAT and Fees.
This was a month ago so the prices are current