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pimentel28
July 8th, 2011, 04:22 PM
I'm interested in buying the Ubuntu Mousepad, will custom duties be applied since it's being shipped from the UK to the US?

Thanks in advance.

haqking
July 8th, 2011, 04:25 PM
you dont have to buy one from over here.

buy one from US.

http://www.zazzle.com/ubuntu+mousepads

i mean i dont want to take business away from canonical but why order something as small as a mousepad from thousands of miles away ;-)

pimentel28
July 8th, 2011, 04:56 PM
you dont have to buy one from over here.

buy one from US.

http://www.zazzle.com/ubuntu+mousepads

i mean i dont want to take business away from canonical but why order something as small as a mousepad from thousands of miles away ;-)

Thanks, though I prefer the mousepad Canonical has :D

Just need to know if customs duties will apply to it.

haqking
July 8th, 2011, 05:02 PM
The charges you may incur if any would be down to your customs in the US and state i guess.

It is not the UK or canonical responsbile for this, you will need to check with your local post office.

When i lived in the US i never received any charges for items sent from the UK, it is the other way round in the UK though, if i order something from the US then i may have to pay import duty.

Grenage
July 8th, 2011, 05:05 PM
You'll want to check your customs rules; they should list import tax for all of the different classes (DVDs, clothes, books, gifts, et cetera).

That's how we check in the UK; it may well be different out there.

pimentel28
July 8th, 2011, 05:20 PM
You'll want to check your customs rules; they should list import tax for all of the different classes (DVDs, clothes, books, gifts, et cetera).

That's how we check in the UK; it may well be different out there.

Yeah, I found the HTS .pdf file...if only it wasn't over 100 pages long -_- Can't find anything useful..

Politicians here love to go the complicated way...

Grenage
July 8th, 2011, 05:31 PM
Yeah, I found the HTS .pdf file...if only it wasn't over 100 pages long -_- Can't find anything useful..

Politicians here love to go the complicated way...

Ouch! Maybe there's a TL : DR version available somewhere. :)

haqking
July 8th, 2011, 05:38 PM
here is a link to the customs and border patrol internet purchases page

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/internet_purchases.xml

mips
July 8th, 2011, 06:25 PM
On stuff of low value I would not worry.