 Poster: A snowHead
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Am I likely to be stung for import duty/custom fees if ordering skis to the UK from an EU retailer, such as Gliss Shop, Snow Leader, Snow Inn, Ekosport, Sport Conrad etc.? What are your recent experiences?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm interested in the answers too. I was left even more confused after someone tried to explain
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think Glisshop build the fees into the cost - but they may be the only ones that do.
I cannot say this with absolute certainty - others with experience will need to confirm.
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Not Glisshop.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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sport conrad no longer ship to the UK.... (or at least, they weren't last year... although the were kind enough to ship to a hotel in Austria for me)
short answer - check each vendor, I bought some sails recently from Netherlands, and they added the duty onto the price prior to purchase.
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I just bought some skis from snowleader. Website price was something like 350 euro. At checkout I paid around 280 euro and the vat and customs of £60 was paid to the deliver company on delivery. No problems.
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| hamilton wrote: |
sport conrad no longer ship to the UK.... (or at least, they weren't last year... although the were kind enough to ship to a hotel in Austria for me)
short answer - check each vendor, I bought some sails recently from Netherlands, and they added the duty onto the price prior to purchase. |
Looks like that might have changed recently: https://www.sport-conrad.com/en/tax-free-information/
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I recently bought some skis from snowcountry.eu
In summary:
1) EU vendor subtracts local VAT rate from purchase price
2) UK purchaser needs to pay UK-VAT & £12 brokerage fee to the courier before skis will be delivered.
Good summary below.
Another pointless "brexit-dividend" that previously was seamless.
Ordering from the UK after Brexit and leaving the Customs Union
https://www.snowcountry.eu/customerservice/ordering/ordering-from-the-uk
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@Haggis_Trap, so before Brexit, a UK buyer paid the ex-VAT price plus local (eg. French) VAT and now we pay the ex-VAT price plus UK VAT…?
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| Red Leon wrote: |
| @Haggis_Trap, so before Brexit, a UK buyer paid the ex-VAT price plus local (eg. French) VAT and now we pay the ex-VAT price plus UK VAT…? |
Pretty much - though you need to pay the UK-VAT manually (plus a broker fee) to the courier after the purchase.
Needless intermediate step that previously didn't exist.
If you had to send anything back I can imagine it would be a royal ball-ache.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Duck wrote: |
| I just bought some skis from snowleader. Website price was something like 350 euro. At checkout I paid around 280 euro and the vat and customs of £60 was paid to the deliver company on delivery. No problems. |
Same experience from Snowleader. All went well and was kept up to date with order progress.
The skis were priced in pounds but price paid to Snowleader was the price less import etc, and the remainder paid to the delivery company.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I know it's a bit late - but I've just ordered new skis from Snow Inn (Trade Inn) and checked before buying, they state:
Will I be asked to pay additional VAT or duty charges upon receiving my parcel in the United Kingdom?
No, the price on our website will be the final cost to you. There will be no additional VAT or duty charges requested on delivery by our carriers. We have done all we can to prepare for Brexit in the best way possible to offer the best experience for the customer.
HTH
Padster
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I've bought 3 sets of skis from Glisshop in the last year. Most recently late November. There are no additional charges that I've had to pay on delivery.
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You know it makes sense.
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Got some new skis from Glisshop on Saturday, ordered on the Monday PM. All fees covered.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Digging this thread up again as I was searching for info on snowcountry.eu
Just wanted to check they're a legitimate company?
They have the smith goggle lense I'm after with a 20% discount, so before I go and order, I want to make sure its not a scam site!
Don't need any info on import fees or anything as I'm EU based.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I bought from EkoSport in 2022 (2 pairs on 2 separate occasions).
I got an email from ParcelForce/Customs demanding a release fee before they would deliver.
On Delivery, I emailed EkoSport with a scan of the customs charges that I'd paid
They then refunded the local French VAT that had been charged on my invoice from them.
So basically, the only increase in price from what I saw on their original website was the difference between French VAT and UK-Customs. I think it was around £2 each time.
Before buying from EkoSport I read these pages, and also searched their online FAQ, and noted that others had done this refund route as well... so there was no surprises for me.
Reading other people's answers, you'll probably have a completely different experience again!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snowcountry are legit. Son has bought skis. Should be fine if in EU - they don’t include import fees to uk in their prices. You can call and speak to them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| jamescollings wrote: |
I bought from EkoSport in 2022 (2 pairs on 2 separate occasions).
I got an email from ParcelForce/Customs demanding a release fee before they would deliver.
On Delivery, I emailed EkoSport with a scan of the customs charges that I'd paid
They then refunded the local French VAT that had been charged on my invoice from them.
So basically, the only increase in price from what I saw on their original website was the difference between French VAT and UK-Customs. I think it was around £2 each time.
Before buying from EkoSport I read these pages, and also searched their online FAQ, and noted that others had done this refund route as well... so there was no surprises for me.
Reading other people's answers, you'll probably have a completely different experience again! |
I bought some skis and bindings from Ekosport in November this year and paid exactly what was shown on the screen. Having seen some negative reviews mentioning unexpected customs fees, I queried before ordering and was told that they have changed their exports system and all UK VAT, duty and customs feed are now included in the price charged at the point of sale. Only slight negative comment was that for the delivery they used Evri - who apparently have limited capacity for bulky goods. So they sat in warehouse for a week before reaching me.
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| dan100 wrote: |
| Snowcountry are legit. Son has bought skis. Should be fine if in EU - they don’t include import fees to uk in their prices. You can call and speak to them. |
Thanks ordered the lenses, and they should arrive Friday 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Bought some bindings from Snowleader last month - zero issues and paid the bargain price stated in £ on the website. Several items from the Arctreyx outlet again zero issues / additional costs. . .
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Likewise snowleader. They are legit. Ordered 2 pairs of goggles and came really quickly.
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I just ordered from Glisshop as well, no extra to pay and arrived in under a week. They've also got 20% off until 24/12.
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FAQ
Arrived today via Evri and no further charges. On top of that they included a packet of complimentary cheese wafers - couldn't be happier 