 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
If I bid and win skis from the ski bilek ebay shop what addtional costs should I expect to pay ?
I'm aware of an 8 euro charge for mounting the bindings and also 28 euro for delivery but are there any custom or import duty costs as ski bilek is in an EU country (Germany) ?
Any help appreciated
Thanks
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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've bought from them off eBay, never paid any extras. I think there is nothing to pay as they are in the EU.
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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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EU = free market, despite Britain's best efforts! No import or duty costs, fill your boots
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have bought from them twice via ebay, both times excellent service, cheap, all costs up front. Delivery also pretty quick and trackable online. Recommended.
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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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Great. Thanks to all
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pokemon, If you pay by Paypal you'll get hit with a 4% surcharge on everything apart from the carriage and you'll also experience Paypal's £/€ conversion rate but it has still worked out very well each time I've used them and the skis have always been delivered within a week.
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| barry wrote: |
| EU = free market, despite Britain's best efforts! No import or duty costs, fill your boots |
Depending on Ski bilek's trade with the UK you may be charged VAT at destination or origin but you won't be asked for extra after placing the order.
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| davidof wrote: |
| barry wrote: |
| EU = free market, despite Britain's best efforts! No import or duty costs, fill your boots |
Depending on Ski bilek's trade with the UK you may be charged VAT at destination or origin but you won't be asked for extra after placing the order. |
The amount I've paid has always included German VAT, currently 19%.
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jtr, Is the VAT included in the bid price or do I need to make provision for the 19% on top of the final bid price ?
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| pokemon wrote: |
| jtr, Is the VAT included in the bid price or do I need to make provision for the 19% on top of the final bid price ? |
The VAT is included in the bid price and delivery costs.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| pokemon wrote: |
| jtr, Is the VAT included in the bid price or do I need to make provision for the 19% on top of the final bid price ? |
Unless something has changed, the price you bid (plus the mounting / delivery fees) is the price you pay, never had to pay any %age to paypal either ?
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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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jtr, masmith, cheers.
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masmith, pokemon, Here is the section on the final invoice where the Paypal surcharge gets added.
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Zahlungshinweise
Customers from foreign countries (Not from Germany, Austria, Niederlande,Belgium) can pay by paypal as well. Please note that if you pay through paypal there is an additional 4% you have to pay. |
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You know it makes sense.
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| Please note that if you pay through paypal there is an additional 4% you have to pay. |
Doesn't seem to be quoted on all their auctions: at least not on any of the ones I looked at.
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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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| RobW wrote: |
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| Please note that if you pay through paypal there is an additional 4% you have to pay. |
Doesn't seem to be quoted on all their auctions: at least not on any of the ones I looked at. |
It isn't. As I said, it appears on the invoice which you get after you have won the auction.
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Poster: A snowHead
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jtr, I don;t remember seeing that, either it's a new thing or I just didn't notice and got stung, or maybe I payed by credit card ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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| jtr wrote: |
| As I said, it appears on the invoice which you get after you have won the auction. |
If it's not detailed in the auction you are justified in refusing to pay it: it is against ebay rules to add additional charges after the auction has finished which are not detailed in the auction. [It used to be against ebay rules to charge extra for payment but paypal - not sure it that is still the case now.]
But as others have said - even if they do charge 4%, just cost it into the total price, and if it is a good deal no reason not to go for it.
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| RobW wrote: |
| jtr wrote: |
| As I said, it appears on the invoice which you get after you have won the auction. |
If it's not detailed in the auction you are justified in refusing to pay it: it is against ebay rules to add additional charges after the auction has finished which are not detailed in the auction. [It used to be against ebay rules to charge extra for payment but paypal - not sure it that is still the case now.]
But as others have said - even if they do charge 4%, just cost it into the total price, and if it is a good deal no reason not to go for it. |
I know that applies in the UK but I don’t know if it applies to ebay in Germany. There is another aspect in that the transaction goes through an intermediary (“afterbuy”) which may cloud the issue i.e. is it an afterbuy rather than a Ski-bilek handling charge? In any event, you don’t have to pay using PayPal but it is less hassle for me than arranging a bank transfer to Germany (and I have never seen them offer to accept payment by credit card, which would also be likely to include a surcharge).
Anyway, this all started with the question about additional charges and, as I said, I don’t begrudge coughing up what amounts to the cost of a small beer at these sort of prices for the convenience and service
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Try complaining to ebay about paypal oh wait they own paypal 
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Ski-bilek should get lower merchant rates with Paypal, so why a 4% surcharge? Merchant rates are much lower I think.
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i have just recently purchased some fischer progressor skis the only change from last time is the surcharge for paypal which i thought was against ebay rules
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FAQ
a week or so ago. I wouldn't begrudge coughing up an extra £3 at these sort of prices and I was more than happy with the overall price I paid when I bought my Fischer RX8s from them 
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