Supply provision revised SE razor

themadremmy said:
I hate it too but -
1. Like or not the customs fee is due to HMRC.
2. The private carrier firm pays the fee on our behalf.
3. They then recover the cost of the customs fee plus a charge for the service.
You can argue the fee is excessive (I agree) but in a free market economy it doesn't seem unreasonable.
You have to factor in the cost of the item plus shipping, customs and handling when importing from outside the EU. If it slips through then fantastic.
Look on the bright side in a couple of years EU purchases could attract duty as well.


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Yes we must look on the bright side.......it could be worse....still don't understand VAT though.
 
It will be intresting to see if I get charged £8 RM fee for a packet of blades I bought from the U.S. for £8 including postage, and vat? Are razor blades a luxury item liabal to pick up vat? Is shaving a luxury past time ?If so then it is a mistake I will not make again but I will not be paying a £8 fee on blades that cost the same.....
 
Blademonkey said:
It will be intresting to see if I get charged £8 RM fee for a packet of blades I bought from the U.S. for £8 including postage, and vat? Are razor blades a luxury item liabal to pick up vat? Is shaving a luxury past time ?If so then it is a mistake I will not make again but I will not be paying a £8 fee on blades that cost the same.....
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Although payable on everything I think they don't collect on items under £15 (incl postage) as it's not cost effective. You should be ok.


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PickledNorthern said:
I really am asking, not judging.... Are these fees protectionist type tariffs, or are they simple taxes being piled on?
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No, they're not tariffs, but fees in respect of a "service" provided. The Royal Mail was, for several hundred years (500, in fact) a department of government. In the last few years, it has gradually been privatised, with the government holding (originally a "golden share") reducing to nothing as of last year.

This link https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...tice-143-a-guide-for-international-post-users gives a fair idea of how this all works. Section 3.5 describes the Royal Mail role in all of this.

It is my own view that, whilst RM do something, it isn't worth the £8 fee. I'm also puzzled by how this works. If RM are, as stated, paying the VAT and/or duties on the recipient's behalf to HMRC, and then recouping the actual costs plus their fee of £8 from him, what happens if he decides not to go to the Post Office and pay up? The implication there is, that whilst he won't get his hands on his goods, the RM will be down the amount they've paid plus their fee. I can't see they'd get it back by, for example, auctioning off unclaimed stuff, and I would suppose that getting it back from HMRC, if at all possible, would be an expensive business (perhaps then worth an £8 fee). Lots of things would be "in limbo", for sure.

As far as the future is concerned, no-one can at present say what will happen with EU imports. In theory, once outside the EU, the UK could be free to reduce VAT, but I can't see the Chancellor foregoing a nice little earner like that.

This is an incredibly abstruse and complex subject, and perhaps better suited to a separate (albeit, for many, very boring) thread!

Meanwhile, I have to report that my V1 Single Edge continues to give complete satisfaction.
 
I will be picking up my v2 supply provisions single edge razor on Tuesday ,it's waiting at a local depot for me to pay £17.69 to release it from its bondage. I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to receiving this and in time for Christmas for it is one of my gifts to myself along with the shaving bowl,soap dish with lid and some shaving soaps and a few EDTs / EDPs. Happy days :)
 
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Blademonkey said:
I will be picking up my v2 supply provisions single edge razor on Tuesday ,it's waiting at a local depot for me to pay £17.69 to release it from its bondage. I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to receiving this and in time for Christmas for it is one of my gifts to myself along with the shaving bowl, dish and some shaving soaps and a few EDTs / EDPs. Happy days :)
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I think you'll really like it, and look forward to seeing your comments on it.
 
Ferrum said:
I think you'll really like it, and look forward to seeing your comments on it.
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I'm sure I will, I love my v1 but I will be sure to let everyone know what I think of the v2 model, I don't know how much has changed, I think the surface finnish is slightly different and new packaging of course but I think the shave will be just as good as the origanal .
 
twhite510 said:
They are wonderful razors. It took a bit to get used to the weight.

Tom


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Yes they are wonderful razors, I have the v1 and enjoy the heft as much as I do with the Hone type 15, I enjoy using lightweight razors too but I do like a bit of weight in a razor! :)
 
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