Latest acquisition in your collection

[RAGIII]

My Latest thanks to Rob Owens: The Cutting Edge MvR Triplane Decal sheets. I will only do one of the schemes in MvR Markings but the crosses provided give me a myriad of choices for JG1 tripes!

RAGIII

[mike in calif]

55 pounds? Am I reading that right? That would be about 75.00 US- that's crazy!

[Chris Johnson]

Mine is in customs. They want £55 to release it - extortion.

That's incredible. Have they given you an explanation?

Cheers,

Chris

[Russell]

My customs charge (in the UK) for the Felixstowe & W.29 set was £46.22 of which £38.22 was the import duty (i.e. VAT at 20%) plus the Parcelforce charge for collecting the money of £8.

Regards
Russell

[Chris Johnson]

Man, I feel bad for you fellows in the UK.

Cheers,

Chris

[IFF1418]

Hello Kai,

For us in Belgium the VAT is 21%. For the last handling of two sets from WnW they charged 12 euro, 9,4£ that is. Imposters and they delay your package by weeks!  and sometimes not treating it nicely! 

Kind regards
Patrick

[eindecker]

Yes, it's VAT at 20% and then an £8 handling charge.

They use some weird exchange rates - in the early days, they would use NZ$ exchange rates which was great, but they have worked out it's US $'s now.

VAT is a European sales tax. Retailers have to pass the 20% onto the Government, although they can claim back the VAT they paid on their purchases - hence the value added bit.

Help me out here. Retailers pass on 20% to the government, then get it back. So, on a 100 euro purchase, the Retailer pays the government 20 euro, then the government gives the 20 euro back to the Retailer. Does the government loan the 20 euro for a while and keep the interest? Where is the 'added value'? I'm sure I'm missing something here...

[Des]

Wow, you people in the UK sure get screwed over when it comes to importing stuff, all these taxes and charges adds an enormous amount to the original price of the kit.

We are extremely lucky here in Australia, no import taxes or duties for any item under $1000, so a $100 Wingnuts kit only costs us $100 delivered to our door. Our biggest issue at present is the exchange rate, the Aussie dollar has gone through the floor so buying anything in US dollars is costing a heap more, for example -  the Felixstowe duellist set selling for $349 would cost me $425, the Felixstowe selling for $269 would cost me $327 and even a single seater selling for $69 would now cost me $84. The purchase of any more Wingnut kits will be put off now until the Aussie dollar climbs again.

Des.

[Russell]

The import tax is galling enough but what's worse is the Parcelforce or Royal Mail fixed £8 charge for them collecting the customs charge / VAT on behalf of 'HM Customs & Excise'. It's a flat fee which applies on any parcel on which import tax & VAT is payable even if the actual tax is only £1.

For the UK modeller it pays to buy as many WnW kits as possible in one order as possible as the tax is always pro rata but it the £8 collection fee remains the same.

Regards
Russell

[ermeio]

Wow, you people in the UK sure get screwed over when it comes to importing stuff, all these taxes and charges adds an enormous amount to the original price of the kit.

We are extremely lucky here in Australia, no import taxes or duties for any item under $1000, so a $100 Wingnuts kit only costs us $100 delivered to our door. Our biggest issue at present is the exchange rate, the Aussie dollar has gone through the floor so buying anything in US dollars is costing a heap more, for example -  the Felixstowe duellist set selling for $349 would cost me $425, the Felixstowe selling for $269 would cost me $327 and even a single seater selling for $69 would now cost me $84. The purchase of any more Wingnut kits will be put off now until the Aussie dollar climbs again.

Des.

It happens everywhere, at least in EU....
Now that the dollar is climbing I regret that I did not complete my WNW collection during last spring-summer.

[PrzemoL]

In Poland VAT is 23%. And there is also a flat rate for the post office to handle the parcel but it is just below 1 EUR, not worth to mention really. So I paid for my Felixstowe about 330USD. W.12 was 122USD. As elsewhere, US dollar is now standing high, so these costed more in my currency, but this is life...

[Russell]

I picked up the Felixstowe from the post office today


Nice to see it in a suitably sturdy kit box which is made from a double walled card with a corrugated middle. It's packed to the top with plastic.

Also recently arrived is a Gamecock


More from WnW


This book is well worth searching out.


I hear it's required reading at WnW mission control at the moment

[WarrenD]

Well done sir!

Warren

[coyotemagic]

Wow!  Nice haul, Russell!  That Gamecock is particularly intriguing to me.  Alley Cat resin kits are really top notch.
Cheers,
Bud

[Ian from Doncaster]

Wow, you people in the UK sure get screwed over when it comes to importing stuff, all these taxes and charges adds an enormous amount to the original price of the kit.

On the odd occasion (we have experienced it twice) the parcels in the UK get delivered directly without the collection of VAT and the release fee.  However I always budget for this cost when buying from WNW.  I currently have £20 (about US$32) in my coin mug that is specifically saving for the Felixstowe.  I am saving the £2 coins whenever I get them in change.  All too often I get £1 coins instead - so it may be many months before I post the arrival of this kit here