"I think if the "handling charge" part of it was more than the pound
stated, I would write to Royal Mail and demand a refund!"
The Royal Mail handling charge for a parcel from overseas where VAT and/or
customs/ import duty needs to be collected is £8. Not negotiable. But if
this is the only char
In message , laceandb...@aol.com writes
For those out of the UK, we now have a higher priced, large letter stamp,
for these big envelopes. So long as you aren't sending just one or two
sheets of paper, it can work out cheaper as they no longer weigh them, but
instead have a slit through which t
We recently had two heavy parcels from the US for which we had to pay a
hefty VAT charge plus the £8.00 handling charge.
My husband rang the depot in York where the parcels were being held, and
was told that:
customs (the guy said that the place was crawling with customs people)
are checking eac