Shipping to UK. How will I need to pay duties and taxes?

[DeltyVQ]

Ordered a custom body, neck and pickguard along with a few other things. The bill came to around $1970.
I have a feeling the duties/tax/etc will be just over $400.

Asking those in the UK who have bought from Warmoth before.. how will I have to go about paying for all of this?
Will they turn up at my door one day and ask for the money with my parts in their hands? Will I have to send money off somewhere after I get my order?

What will I have to do in order to pay these additional charges when the time comes?

 

[stratamania]

It depends on who the carrier is.

In the case of Warmoth, the carrier they use will take a cheque when delivering. You should get some type of pre warning of when they are coming. At least that was the case with the last orders I did.

If it is the Post Office and other carriers you will get a notification and an option to pay it online and arrange collection or delivery. Some will send a text message to your phone and not an e mail so something to be aware of.

 

[amigarobbo]

With USPS Priority Intl when it clears customs Cosignia the Post office send you a letter with a code so you can pay online. then you choose the delivery date.

UPS Worldwide Saver they come to your door, where you can pay them, I've used a cheque once, cash once and they also have a swipe card. When you track you can see how much it'll be. I think, I'm sure there was a little more to it than that.

 

[Fat Pete]

Yep, what they said. I'll add that if the total inc. shipping was $1970 you're looking at more like $460/£375 once you add up VAT, duty and the nice admin fee that Parcelforce and UPS both charge.

UPS is way quicker, typically 2 working days from Warmoth's door to yours, compared to 7 - 10 for USPS (mostly at the UK end). You can also get very detailed tracking with UPS.

 

[DeltyVQ]

Thank you very much for the feedback guys