anyone ever bought off TGP?

Hootsmon

I guess you have to be a paying member though?

anyone bought off REVERB USA?

if I bought a pedal privately from a dude in the USA could I could avoid the UK taxes?

meltedbuzzbox

@GavHaus has used reverb before. 

Its hard to avoid tax. The seller needs to declare a low value which will effect your insurance. 

Unless you are over there on holiday?

Wazmeister

I've bought loads off TGP...

and Prymaxe - easier to miss customs this way...

GavRichList

Fairly regularly use Reverb. Budget for tax, maybe you'll get lucky.

AxeWieldingBastard

If its under £130.0 (inc shipping) you don't pay import tax.

GavRichList

That's not right

John_P

AxeWieldingBastard said:

If its under £130.0 (inc shipping) you don't pay import tax.

I'm fairly sure that's wrong. 

 It's been a couple of years but I've bought loads from the us in the past - no different to buying from the uk apart from it takes a little longer and you might have to pay tax.  It's never been a hassle.

RaymondLin

AxeWieldingBastard said:

If its under £130.0 (inc shipping) you don't pay import tax.

Take off a zero and you are close, it's £15.

Fazer

and that £15 is for the total including the postage too

and something like £30/40ish(?) if its a gift

aboce those and you have to pay 20%vat + £8 handling fee
and then after a certain amount (maybe that 130) there is an extra import duty thing, i believe

Fazer

and thats a real pain in the butt when you buy a t-shirt or something that comes to £16 and you end up paying a few pence vat, plus the £8 handling charge