[Mg-mmm] custom duty on vintage car parts

[Lew Palmer]

I have tried many times to get UPS to correct their duty practices - it's
futile. They seem to just make up numbers. Once I ordered a water manifold
for the PB. UPS invoiced me duty for a quantity of 276 manifolds.

My solution is to request that vendors NOT ship to me via UPS and use Royal
Air Mail instead. It sometimes is even faster than UPS and I have never been
charged duty.

Cheers,
Lew Palmer

-----Original Message-----
From: mg-mmm-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-mmm-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Dan and Jenny Fest (Coles Nurseries Inc)
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:36 PM
To: mg-mmm at autox.team.net
Subject: [Mg-mmm] custom duty on vintage car parts

Happy New Year to all !!
I have a quick question... Every once in a while when receiving car parts
from
the UK I get a tariff(customs) bill for the shipper.  It's always with UPS
never any other shipping service.  I was under the impression that antique
and
vintage car parts were not subject duty.  I usually just pay it but as a
matter of principal, is this correct.  If not, can I get  a link to prove to
them that they are incorrect.
Thanks,
Dan
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