Good deals on Amazon.co.uk--updated regularly (Part Three)

You're very welcome and glad to have been of assistance on this thread, probably for the last time.

I tried ordering an item from Amazon UK today and was greeted with a £10+ "import fee deposit" surprise .

I thought the Johnson/UE deal meant business as usual/no customs duties, at least for inexpensive goods, but it seems I was wrong.

Actually some items are cheaper from Amazon.com, some months ago I ordered a 2LP album and paid just $8 for shipping and no additional taxes.

£10 to fill a customs form? Come on...

 

This is latest feature from our friendly superdeluxeedition website, might be helpful. Hopefully might answer some questions.

What Brexit means for physical music fans in the UK and the EU | superdeluxeedition

 

Yes that was useful. I had NO idea that the £15 VAT exemption had been removed worldwide. I just tried to buy THE EXACT SAME $7 record from Deepdiscount which a few days ago didn't have VAT added as the total cost of the item plus shipping was under £15. Now they have automatically added it on! I just think this is HMRC being bloody lazy and trying to simplify VAT collection...and of course boost our government coffers!

 

They add the import fees, but the VAT is deducted. I did some tests, and the final price of my order is the same +-5%.

 

But, if I'm not mistaken, if your order exceeds €22, the customs guys enter the scene and you have to pay.

 

Just like I will stop selling to UK customers.

 

Is no VAT still intact for USA buyers from UK and EU?

 

You do not have to pay for anything if you paid for Amazon Global Shipping (please check the terms of this kind of shipping where everything is explained - in short Amazon precalculates all taxes and import duties applicable in the destination country and pays them on our behalf. If the actual amount paid is less then amazon refunds us; if more then we are not charged in addition). I am doing this for years through US and JP amazon. I was once advised by a DHL broker to do it, so as to avoid the charging of these import taxes and duties in Greece plus these terrible DHL/UPS etc. handling fees.

 

Sir Colin Davis and LSO perform Nielsen's Symphonies 1-6 : 3 SACDs and 1 Blu Ray audio - £ 16.28

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nielsen-Symphonies-1-6-Davis-SACD/dp/B00SKFJETK

 

Picked this one up the other day and deal is still live.
Gravenhurst - Offerings: Lost Songs 2000 - 2004 [VINYL] £5.31.......only 1 left

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001T9YGB0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_W367FbNEVCYSA?pldnSite=1

 

Our EU friends do realise that they will be paying VAT on ALL imports regardless of value come July, I believe the UK regs are just the UK implementing EU regulations early due to Brexit, or rather on time as the EU delayed it by six months due to Covid, don't blame us for EU legislation: 2021 UK and EU VAT changes | UK Seller Centre .

 

I agree. Amazon do seem to have pumped up the prices on vinyl the past 18 months or so. Very few deals.

 

Bob Marley "Live At The Rainbow" Amazon exclusive double vinyl LP is currently £21.99, I think it was originally just under £30 so a decent saving:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08FBFZSM1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

It's such a controversial issue, but not half as controversial as the amount of warped records Amazon seem to hold!

 

Paul Weller - Live At The Royal Festival Hall - 2CD+DVD £2.99

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Aspects-Live-Royal-Festival/dp/B07M6S8JFY

 

It is not a complex business. If you are selling outside the EU, then you don't have to charge VAT. It becomes a little more complicated if you use a platform such as ebay or Amazon. Strictly speaking, ebay and Amazon have different companies set up in different markets, but they are effectively a spider's web of interconnections.

 

Thanks, ordered!

 

That’s a great set ..bargain

 

Pulp Fiction soundtrack vinyl £10

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000002OTK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_hce.FbPVBDCSC

 

Another not particularly exciting offer, must be a sale at hmv or suchlike that amazon are price matching. It’s usually around this price anyway but still, if you want it it’s a £10.

Nirvana -
Unplugged In New York
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000000OU2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_-Ji.FbKJCS6M9

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076TDFF3J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_kQy.FbT1NHN6D

Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending vinyl £9.44

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QBMH4QK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_LEH.FbEJCC7GT

Pre-order price.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerosmith/...smith+cd&qid=1610878137&sprefix=Aerosm&sr=8-4
Not bad for the price of a pint. Especially as we can't currently buy a pint.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08F6Y3LZL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_fcibGbBQN0Z4M?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1