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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by reddiva
(Post 12541171)
I love it and the drivers know me well haha
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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 12541199)
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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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by reddiva
(Post 12541226)
Touch wood, nothing has ever gone missing
Still, cheaper than flying home to buy |
Re: Customs Question
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.
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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12541188)
would be wrong to expect vat not to be charged here just because it was charged somewhere else when there is no customs union between the countries... unless you’re importing from KSA which I doubt |
Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by csdf
(Post 12541628)
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
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Originally Posted by Made in Sheffield 1
(Post 12540355)
Oh come on, you can't leave that hanging there without giving us the details... 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 Confiscatedâ€. I’d even hidden it between loads of towels! Not my finest moment. |
Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by jam25mack
(Post 12541601)
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.
At a time i usually save AED1000 |
Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by jam25mack
(Post 12541601)
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.
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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by TheShed
(Post 12542156)
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. |
Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 12541161)
There is a special place in hell for SnS.
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Re: Customs Question
Originally Posted by archie159
(Post 12542191)
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. |
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