Customs Question
#16
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Re: Customs Question
In fairness, it's not always their fault, if your name and special number aren't clear on the parcel then it arrives and is basically lost forever. Unless you do what I did and go mental for days and days and threaten to fly to the UK and find the parcel yourself.
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Touch wood, nothing has ever gone missing
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I've used S&S a lot in the past and generally it's worked well, however, it seems to be a lot more expensive that it used to be. It's hardly worth buying stuff online (UK and US) anymore.
#20
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Wrong technically, but not wrong through common sense. All the value being added is taking place outside the country. At best, I can understand charging VAT on the shipping fee (which of course, they do too).
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Re: Customs Question
[QUOTE=Miss Ann Thrope;12540622]
I will only go as far as saying that said item was in a container shipped from Sheffield and when it was delivered I had to sign next to a red stamp saying “X Rated Goods Confiscated”. I’d even hidden it between loads of towels! Not my finest moment.
I will only go as far as saying that said item was in a container shipped from Sheffield and when it was delivered I had to sign next to a red stamp saying “X Rated Goods Confiscated”. I’d even hidden it between loads of towels! Not my finest moment.
Last edited by Made in Sheffield 1; Aug 1st 2018 at 5:48 pm.
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At a time i usually save AED1000
#24
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I buy almost everything (except food) online and now mostly find that shipping direct from the states (Amazon) is cheaper than using S&S. As others have said, its much more expensive than it used to be and hopelessly unreliable. I've had stuff depart US and not land in Dubai for two weeks - god only knows where the products went.
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I buy almost everything (except food) online and now mostly find that shipping direct from the states (Amazon) is cheaper than using S&S. As others have said, its much more expensive than it used to be and hopelessly unreliable. I've had stuff depart US and not land in Dubai for two weeks - god only knows where the products went.
As for S&S, I've never had an issue with them..... but yeah its expensive now.
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There is a special place in hell for Aramex in general... I used them recently to get some documents from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, and they were without exception the most awful company I have ever used in almost 8 years in the UAE. They even managed to make Etisalat look competent...
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There is a special place in hell for Aramex in general... I used them recently to get some documents from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, and they were without exception the most awful company I have ever used in almost 8 years in the UAE. They even managed to make Etisalat look competent...
However, we just won our battle with them. It took to emailing every single senior person we could find on Linkedin, including board members from their corporate website. BUT....we won in the end.
Tempted to go back to the shop where we were completely deceived and give the sales guy two fingers.