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Sport Conrad...VAT on delivery?
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It has been years since I bought from Europe.

If I buy skis from Sport Conrad (I've seen some I like) will I have to pay an additional 20pct VAT?

What is the real life experience of the SnowHeads?
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I don't know about Sport Conrad but if you buy from the mainland you'll have to pay VAT and import duty + whatever fee the carriage company want to charge you for the privilege.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

As a general rule, the shop doesn't charge you VAT and you pay VAT and import duty on VAT and postage when the goods enter the UK.

As an example:

skis are 100 quid incl vat, vat is say 20%
Shop charges you 83 quid, postage is 10 quid.

Skis arrive in the UK: cost is 93 pounds, add 18 vat, cost is 111, add say 5% import duty so you pay 116 plus any fees charged by whoever sorts all this faff out.

Some shops do it differently and handle that side for you and you just pay them.


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@rungsp, used them a couple of times, but got them delivered to our French address. It was too much anxiety at the time to wonder if they would ever be delivered at all.
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yes, I looked at this recently and it's on their website
https://www.sport-conrad.com/en/tax-free-information/

you don't pay German VAT at 19% but you'll get a bill from their courier

Great Britain: (as of February 2024): 20% VAT + disbursement fee (2,5 % of VAT / minimum GBP 12,90)

I did this with another company last year and it was very easy, in that case the German VAT disappeared on the payment page
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Sometimes you get lucky and the courier doesn't pick it up. A mate bought some computer equipment and somehow dodged it.
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Can't help with sport conrad but it's worth checking out glisshop, the price on the site is what you'll pay with no extras.
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@rungsp, https://www.snowleader.co.uk/en/ and https://www.tradeinn.com/snowinn - the price you see is the price you pay (they sort out VAT and duty).
https://www.bergzeit.co.uk/help-contact/?folderId=15000013450&articleId=15000041707 used to display EU prices with an explanation they removed German VAT and the customer would be charged UK VAT and duty by the importer/courier to deliver the goods. I bought some skis from them and this is exactly what happened. Hardloop https://www.bergzeit.co.uk/help-contact/?folderId=15000013450&articleId=15000041707 is another example where the price displayed is not necessarily the price you pay to get the skis in your hands. Sport Conrad looks to be the same.
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richb67 wrote:
yes, I looked at this recently and it's on their website
https://www.sport-conrad.com/en/tax-free-information/

you don't pay German VAT at 19% but you'll get a bill from their courier

Great Britain: (as of February 2024): 20% VAT + disbursement fee (2,5 % of VAT / minimum GBP 12,90)

I did this with another company last year and it was very easy, in that case the German VAT disappeared on the payment page



I got told basically the same when talking to an Italian ski company. I looked at having them delivered to me in Italy as an alternative to save the UK import tax but they then said they would have to charge Italian VAT instead. Not much of a difference at the end of the day although the postage domestically was a little cheaper.
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I import kit a lot. If they don’t have a tax entity in the uk then you pay
vAT and import duty. Because they don’t have a tax entity the courier will pay it but also hit you with a 10-15 gbp admin fee.
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rickboden wrote:
richb67 wrote:
yes, I looked at this recently and it's on their website
https://www.sport-conrad.com/en/tax-free-information/

you don't pay German VAT at 19% but you'll get a bill from their courier

Great Britain: (as of February 2024): 20% VAT + disbursement fee (2,5 % of VAT / minimum GBP 12,90)

I did this with another company last year and it was very easy, in that case the German VAT disappeared on the payment page



I got told basically the same when talking to an Italian ski company. I looked at having them delivered to me in Italy as an alternative to save the UK import tax but they then said they would have to charge Italian VAT instead. Not much of a difference at the end of the day although the postage domestically was a little cheaper.


yes decent sized companies seem to have this sorted now everything has calmed down post Brexit. Unfortunately there was one company who obviously didn't want the hassle so rather than take off the German VAT they just charged you the same price to the UK as within the EU but said UK price was without VAT, so a nice 19% extra profit for them and you still had to pay the 22.5% duty and fees Sad
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A couple of years ago I spent 1 month in Serre Chevalier, and bought a pair of skins from Sport Conrad. They arrived 2 days later. Could you get the skis delivered to your next holiday address?
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I've not bought anything from Sport Conrad recently, but did recently buy online from Telemark Pyrenees, and the process was pretty straightforward. When purchasing, and saying that delivery was to the UK, the website took off the EU VAT, and informed me I'd have to pay UK VAT to the courier. After I ordered, the courier (DHL) sent me an email with a link to pay the UK VAT. Ultimately you end up paying essentially the same as you would if ordering for delivery to another EU country, give or take a bit of variation in exchange rates, and possible higher delivery charges to the UK
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.

Ive purchased Salomon qst 106 skis last year. As soon you specify your location as UK, they remove tax from the price.

Payed 251.26 EUR without the tax + 15 EUR delivery, then I received email from ups to pay the taxes:
The UPS Import Charges were total (GBP): 59.69
--Government Charges: 47.49
--Brokerage Charges: 12.20

Also, couple of weeks ago I got Avalanche Backpack, same here, also Ive received physical letter on post from ParcelForce to pay taxes.
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