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    #11
    Originally posted by Ruprect
    Undoubtably yes. I bought £300 quids worth of goods and got stung for an additional £80 when it arrived.

    The only way round it is to get them to package it (and on the postage label) mark it as a gift. I doubt the people you're buying it from would do this, and the VAT man can always open it up (and presumably find a dispatch note) so this isn't guaranteed. Not that I would even consider trying that of course.
    Actually not true - it depends on the value of the gift. You can still be liable.
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      #12
      Originally posted by snaw
      Actually not true - it depends on the value of the gift. You can still be liable.
      You're not wrong there - I was sent a rather lovely Chanel handbag, worth £400 or there abouts and was stung for £90 odd quid on its arrival to the UK.

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