Selaws
Well-Known Member
Looks like their standard receipt showing the "subtotal" and "shipping" only.Did your invoice from VMP include UK VAT itemised and does it have their UK registration number for paying VAT? If it does then you should be able to use that as proof for customs of UK VAT paid. If it doesn’t you owe the fees.
There’s been a bit of a thing with VMP in Europe where VAT and customs was due but it wasn’t always being picked up by postal providers, even though it was due. They were forced by law to register for EU VAT to sell into the EU last year and our prices have gone up hugely because of the extra VAT charge being taken at source which previously we were getting away with because of lax postal services. By law we should have paid it on every package that ever came in.
I did a bit of digging and it looks as though we are subject to customs/duties as internationals on the Anthologies due to the value and carrier constraints. My fault for not checking beforehand, I bought the Herbie box a while ago (which was bigger & pricier) and wasn't hit in that instance.
Guess I need to suck it up, take it as a lesson learned, and pay. Fortunately, it was discounted so not as eyewatering as it could have been.