Quote Originally Posted by John S View Post
Was that the dearer 2.2Kw one ? Without having previous dealt with whoever you don't know how they list the customs returns.
It was from solar.jean as I heard they were good ... and he was the cheapest. I used best offer to get it even cheaper too.

The threshold for charges, if not a gift is £18 value on the form. Even if it is marked as a gift they are still allowed to charge if it looks like the item is from a company. Soon to go down to £15...

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsP...yType=document

I reckon we get charged more often from the USA since they tend to put nearer the correct value on the declaration form. Maybe I'm just imagining it, would be interesting to check if you've received any valued at over £18 from HK/China which were not charged.