Rear View Mirror

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by Mark CSL

i got a new one with my warranty as it does not dim when its like that cost £00000

Lucky yours is just under 60K miles Mark

[Neil M]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

. Total door to door turn around time was almost 2 weeks however over a week of that was down to the UK Customs who held onto my mirror before billing me for VAT on the Total US spend ($144) which worked out @ £27 (£8 of which was Parcel Force handling fee)

Excuse me for being thick, but why did you have to pay 'Import Duty' and 'VAT' on a mirror that was yours to begin with, on which technically VAT had already been paid, it was a repair and not a new mirror

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Neil M

Excuse me for being thick, but why did you have to pay 'Import Duty' and 'VAT' on a mirror that was yours to begin with, on which technically VAT had already been paid, it was a repair and not a new mirror

exactly

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by Neil M

Excuse me for being thick, but why did you have to pay 'Import Duty' and 'VAT' on a mirror that was yours to begin with, on which technically VAT had already been paid, it was a repair and not a new mirror

Not at all ... and a good question which I asked HM Revenue & Customs as well.
The VAT payable is on the repair & return shipping costs, not on the value of the mirror that's mine in the first place. $ 144 USD = £97 ish so £19 VAT + £8 Parcel Force handling charge is correct.

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by mattCSLnut

Not at all ... and a good question which I asked HM Revenue & Customs as well.
The VAT payable is on the repair & return shipping costs, not on the value of the mirror that's mine in the first place. $ 144 USD = £97 ish so £19 VAT + £8 Parcel Force handling charge is correct.

Exactly

[Neil M]

I wouldn't be too happy about that, fair enough if it's a new item that's been purchased overseas.
Like my infamous tyre totes, which cost almost as much in duty and handling as they did to purchase. Is the chap in America (Scott @ radar-mirrors) aware of this?

My other overseas purchase was the equally infamous gloves, however the cap sent them marked as a 'gift' without any prompting and so avoided any duty.
Perhaps that's the way to go, rather than pay duty on a repair undertaken in a country where VAT is not applicable, it's not that we have a choice of having them repaired here

[73CSL]

I've had this issue sending porsche parts to the us for repair.

Way around this appears to be to label it as a warranty return

[mattCSLnut]

Originally Posted by Neil M

I wouldn't be too happy about that, fair enough if it's a new item that's been purchased overseas.
Like my infamous tyre totes, which cost almost as much in duty and handling as they did to purchase. Is the chap in America (Scott @ radar-mirrors) aware of this?

My other overseas purchase was the equally infamous gloves, however the cap sent them marked as a 'gift' without any prompting and so avoided any duty.
Perhaps that's the way to go, rather than pay duty on a repair undertaken in a country where VAT is not applicable, it's not that we have a choice of having them repaired here

Scott runs a business so he's not going to be laying about the nature of his activities marking items as GIFY when they are not, as that would be fraudulent and very unprofessional. Our VAT is not his concern just as his local Texas taxes are none of mine, especially as I didn't pay them (as I'm not a Texas resident).
I'm not exactly happy about UK Customs charging me extra tax on trivial stuff like this but rules are rules.

[shimmy]

Exactly.

[theodoros]

hi guys, a quick question..

does BMW UK have in stock / can source the oval rear view mirror?

I was told that the oval ones are discontinued and these (photo below is from google images) are the only available replacements:

cheers,

theo