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[Venezia]

@gidgetgh- Enjoy your new Birkenstocks!  DHL is a company I used while in England; they're similar to FedEx and UPS.  What I found there was that some of them would ship certain things internationally, while others wouldn't.

But once things were shippped, the delivery was quite quick.

[dex]

@gidgetgh Did you have to pay duty charges.I remember a poster talking about purchasing a bridesmaid dress from England and the duty was more than the dress.i also don’t know how one can order from amazon but the product is sent from China and not have duty charges.How is duty determined.

[sashamatthews]

I bought an 1811 embroidered sampler on eBay from England.  Framed.   Huge package.  Arrived within 10 days.  I thought that was exceptional.

[gidgetgh]

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@dex wrote:

@gidgetgh Did you have to pay duty charges.I remember a poster talking about purchasing a bridesmaid dress from England and the duty was more than the dress.i also don’t know how one can order from amazon but the product is sent from China and not have duty charges.How is duty determined.

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@dex - no I didn’t. 

[Venezia]

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@dex wrote:

@gidgetgh Did you have to pay duty charges.I remember a poster talking about purchasing a bridesmaid dress from England and the duty was more than the dress.i also don’t know how one can order from amazon but the product is sent from China and not have duty charges.How is duty determined.

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While duty may be charged on clothing coming into the U.S. from England, the amount is based on the value of the item.  It's a percentage, so I don't see how it could've been more than the dress itself.  That makes no sense.

It could be that the purchaser was confusing the duty with the overall combined cost of getting the item (shipping, duty, etc.).  The only other explanation would be that the dress was a "steal", but the actual value was perceived to much higher than the price paid.  Duty and customs is a complicated business!