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Now I think about it , many moons ago I brought a bike I bought in Australia home with no problems.
Some great tips here. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on the best way to go about benefits or insurance fraud as well?
Just wondering if anyone has any advice on the best way to go about benefits or insurance fraud as well?
Yep, absolutely. First of all you have to be a b*st*rd, then you basically steal from the underprivileged and underpaid of society - a lot like buying a bike, really.
Some great tips here. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on the best way to go about benefits or insurance fraud as well?
If you want some advice on straight-up theft to go with it then I'd suggest buying a powerlink from my LBS 🙂
That jersey link is interesting - does vat apply to goods imported from the channel islands then?
How about... Pre-order it, get the guy in the shop to use it in some filth, take some components off and post them then stick on some worn out stuff off your old bike. Tyres etc.
Make sure you buy a last years model bike that's reduced. Find someone who has got one in the uk and get some photos of you on it and then use that to prove you already owned it. Things like using a well travelled bike bag will help.
Also, how about paying a few bucks to enter an enduro that may be on when your there. You went there to ride then not shop. Oh yeah, don't fill a second suitcase with Levi's and Abercrombie to add to the pisstake
ZippyKona
Can't the customs men check frame numbers to see where they come from?
Or is this HMRC induced paranoia?
They do seem to know a lot. Used to follow Fields Of The Nephilim around Europe. Coming through customs I was stopped and asked how the tour went.
I looked quite normal as well.
I used to work with a guy who played keyboards for them back in the day.
I wouldn't hesitate to do it if I travelled to the US regularly.
The good old STW [i]holier than thee[/i] clan. God bless them. 🙄
Such purity of mind. Oh to be of that hallowed kin.
I wouldn't hesitate to do it if I travelled to the US regularly.The good old STW holier than thee clan. God bless them.
Such purity of mind. Oh to be of that hallowed kin.
I'm not remotely holier than though - I just think the massive double standards on this forum are 'interesting'.
I have no double standards. I believe it is our duty to steal from the government (or the underprivileged masses as some like to call them) at every opportunity. Otherwise they'll just start taking the piss.
I believe it is our duty to steal from the government
Because the government having no money is doing wonders for our country. If only I'd known that tax avoidance was morally acceptable I'd have avoided paying my bill.
So is blagging on the C2W scheme < smuggling a bike in from the USA in the STW indigence at middle class crime stakes?
Because the government having no money is doing wonders for our country.
Yes, I believe I am far more responsible with money than the government. They can have it back when they've shown me they can look after it.
Stepping aside from the arguments, and back to practicalities..... 🙂
Here you go...
[url= http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-import-duty-and-tax-calculation/ ]Duty Calculator....[/url]
Might have been mentioned above but, full bikes attract more import duty than components and the duty + vat you pay is on your [i]total purchase price[/i] - including shipping costs, local taxes etc.....
Use it to calculate what you will be declaring and therefore paying to HMRC.
or, use it to calculate what it will cost you (+ arguably a 'proper bollocking'*) if your 'below the radar' consignment gets caught on the radar.....
*I believe this is the official HMRC terminology 😉
Happy shopping..
you of course find a particularly capacious female 'mule' and stow a couple of a Parlee frames within her person... let someone else take the risk.
that's how i would do it.
Might have been mentioned above but, full bikes attract more import duty than components and the duty + vat you pay is on your total purchase price - including shipping costs, local taxes etc....
so buying a bike in ths ates and dismantling it, leaving 1 component so that it's not a complete bike, and then smuggling back in will help if you get caught by the fuzz.
Anyone know where I can get some apollo decals?
Are you less likely to get customs attention at a regional airport? Mrs Doubleu and I came back from North America after she'd had a year out there with 5 suitcases, a bike I'd bought and a 9 month old iMac in its original packaging and a load of bubble wrap.
I think that time it was a change in Amsterdam, but in the past also changing via Heathrow and not had any interest in a complete new (but used on holiday) snowboard setup.