Several British guys are selling new Hawkeye diagnostic tools on ebay, so I was wondering if one has to pay any mail customs duty on them, or are they duty free? If you bought any Hawkeye on ebay, I would love to hear about how the whole transaction went, please?

 

I bought one pretty recently on eBay. (from this seller: Ribble Valley 4x4 Ltd)No import duty or taxes. The confusing VAT charges are only for European nations I believe. I had a great experience. It arrived quite quickly and I didn't have any issues at all.

 

I've bought a hat from England, a nanocom from Cyprus and I don't think I had to pay duty on either. I wonder if it gets paid before it gets shipped?

I've got a fuse box for my defender coming from ebay in the uk. I hope to not be charged anything on it either, but with the purchase price as low as it was, it wouldn't be too big of a deal if they charged me.

 

i did, I got a seprate bill from fedex the shipper a few weeks later, was not much $15-20 something like that.

 

Both of my recent international purchases came through the postal service, so maybe that's why I didn't get a bill.... USPS isn't known for being efficient or consistent.

 

Thank you so much for the information, guys, very informative; that pretty much answers my questions on this issue. Jack

 

Im in on one...

 

Duty will be applied if the item is classified as non-duty free. There is no way around that.

But, if the value is less then $200....then, there shouldn't be any duties applied. It is considered a mail entry.

But then again, it will all depend on FedEX, DHL, and Etc....declaration....

 

So are you saying the guy on ebay selling it will have more charges? the seller has this...... Hawkeye Diagnostic Fault Code Tool Bearmach Discovery 3 4 VAT Exempt

 

have him list it as Agriculture supplies, I "believe there is no duty them"
you use your land rover to check the back 40 dont you.