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goldust40

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  1. Well, I thought it was an amusing suggestion.
  2. The kitkat was so good you needed to contemplate it?
  3. You have to pay the charge, and then send in the red form on the package, along with a photocopy of the auction page and a covering letter explaining that comics are zero vatable and duty exempt. Quote commodity code 4902900000. Wait six weeks. You should get your money back, minus the £8 charge that Parcelforce (or whichever carrier, but it's nearly always them) levies. If the seller doesn't make it clear that the package contains old comics, the clerk at customs will assume the item is for commercial use, or a toy. After experiencing this all too often (erroneous customs charges) and what with C & E making it more or less impossible to contact them, I suggest you write this statement to the seller every time you buy something from America, even if you've bought from him before. "Please write "old books" or "used books" on the customs description and nothing else, thanks". Works for me.
  4. Great, two weeks of Andy Murray the miserable monosyllabic git. He'll be out in the quarters, just like England. Not the best analogy as Murray is Scottish, but it seemed apt. Djokovic to win.
  5. Young was dreadful, as was Milner. Carroll looked lost and leaden playing deep. And where was the Ox?
  6. Cos everybody's smashing things now....yeah....
  7. Yep. Italy were stronger...England looked spent.
  8. In some cases it might be to do with getting higher value books insured. A recent purchase of mine ran into this issue and I think that postal insurance rules may have changed as I hadn't had the problem before. And some sellers can't be bothered with the paperwork. You can always have the books sent to a U.S. boardie who will ship them to you, but that can be unwieldy.
  9. They always go with fedex. 1-3 slabbed books is $60 via this carrier.