My new Hunt and Osborne Cue

[mattyshinobi22]

matty:

You should have had the seller declare it at a lower price for customs duty. although you take a bit of a risk for insurance purposes if the cue is well packed and going by courier there shouldn't be a problem

Tery

cheers terry, i havent had much experience with cues coming from aus. well i know what to expect now. i know what you mean with taking a risk, should of done that. ar well. they cahrge shocking amounts for customs. whats up with a reasonable sum of £25?

[mattyshinobi22]

custom charges? why? both you and Kev are in UK are you not?

no mate kev from aus

[grimreaper]

We are lucky we dont pay any unless it is more than $1000.00 AU

[mattyshinobi22]

We are lucky we dont pay any unless it is more than $1000.00 AU

ya lucky mate, but we should be used to it over here we get shafted ona daily basis

[Neil Taperell]

ya lucky mate, but we should be used to it over here we get shafted ona daily basis

The way stamps are going up in the UK......it will probably be cheaper to ship from abroad soon !!!

[Terry Davidson]

The way they work it here I get a duty charge of 5%, + taxes at 13% and on top of that a courier brokerage and admin fee of around $15 for a cue. So you can see it's a percentage + another fee and I always ask the seller to declare the value under 50quid to try and keep that down a bit, but the $15 is standard with most couriers. It usually works out to around 25% or so.

Terry

[mattyshinobi22]

i know loss or damage is quite rare, but since is coming along way from aus, think thats why i didnt want to declare small value. if it did get lost or broken id be screwd

[Jasonteh6688]

Last year I purchase a cue from member here an I got charged almost £200 duty tax in order to pick up the cue. Lolx

[Cue_Seeker]

how's the roll :P

[mng86]

The way they work it here I get a duty charge of 5%, + taxes at 13% and on top of that a courier brokerage and admin fee of around $15 for a cue. So you can see it's a percentage + another fee and I always ask the seller to declare the value under 50quid to try and keep that down a bit, but the $15 is standard with most couriers. It usually works out to around 25% or so.

Terry

I had been wondering how much Mr. Harper charges for duty before I ordered the cue from UK. I received it yesterday and thankfully the seller only declared £50. I ended up paying $20.70 for HST and brokerage fee (+ tax for brokerage fee!). No duty though. Lucky~~

Marvin

[raymo147]

Cues a beauty! Very close to a black plate standard!

[mattyshinobi22]

Cues a beauty! Very close to a black plate standard!

i thought so mate, seen a few black plates too with standard shafts. so glad didnt get a hunt o byrne black plate now which was orginally after, nearly won one on ebay. woulda been gutted to miss out on this one. heard from will hunt said the cues he made with robert and roberts own are better players then his from 80's

[Neil Taperell]

i thought so mate, seen a few black plates too with standard shafts. so glad didnt get a hunt o byrne black plate now which was orginally after, nearly won one on ebay. woulda been gutted to miss out on this one. heard from will hunt said the cues he made with robert and roberts own are better players then his from 80's

He could never understand why people pay so much for 2nd hand H & O Cues , when as you say the cues made by Robert and Will were better . But saying that , i've been fortunate enough to see some really good blackplates .

[mattyshinobi22]

He could never understand why people pay so much for 2nd hand H & O Cues , when as you say the cues made by Robert and Will were better . But saying that , i've been fortunate enough to see some really good blackplates .

not saying i havent seen some great black plates, but from the 3 ive owned, i wasnt overly impressed. prob why i sold them lol. dont see many people playing them nowadays anyway, they are collecters items which get permantely stored. a member from asia on here must have at least 50. shame they not being played with imao

[Neil Taperell]

I know you weren't .....just agree with your statement . There are at least 3 people in my league that play with blackplates .....but i suppose as it's South London , there will be more people with them .