Thought I'd revive this as word of warning, since I've been hammered twice, in the past 3 weeks.
Today I've been charged £23 , including the Royal Mail £8 collection fee, on an Ebay order from sudz-53
valued £67 + £11 postage. Before Christmas it was £13.50 on an order for a beaten up copy of Soft Walkin',
£17+£11 postage, from seller jemo6470 .
I guess that it's my own fault for not reading their listings properly, as they state that payment of the Customs
liabilities is the buyers responsibility.
Nevertheless, despite having bought from the US since the 80's, I must have been lucky, since I've never come across these
charges before.
The falling dollar doesn't help, I guess.
On top of paying, you also have to wait an additional two working days for delivery.
In case anyone's interested, click here , for the latest Tax and Customs , regulations.