I sent a remote controlled car to my nephew one year, to the value of £95. They paid nothing for it. I simply sent it through my local post office. Granted it cost me around £30, but they paid nothing at the other end.
Also not sure if this helps, but where I work, when we send packages to the states via courier companies, we fill out what they call a proforma invoice, that is given to Customs at the other end, details where the item is going to, the contents, the resell value if any. I had to produce 3 copies to each location we sent to. I would be wary of sending anything to the US with these invoices.
We don't pay duties :-) I've bought 100's of dollars of absinthe from a seller in london, and never paid anything extra when it arrived (and yes, the full value was listed on the package's forms)
From my personal and other people's experience, you are not likely to get custom charges in the US, unlike here in the UK! Do make sure you mark it as gift to be safe.
I did mark it 'gift' - well none of the other categories fit except 'other', and I didn't want to tax the poor customs guys' brains...
Someone won an Ebay auction of mine, based in the US, despite my auction saying 'ships to UK only' and without asking if it was OK to bid or how much it cost, so I figured overcharging her a bit was fair enough, but didn't want her to be stung for duties as well (I put 'value' as the sum of cost plus postage, which was £25.)
Her fault, really. If she gets stuck paying Custom fees it's on her own head for buying something from a UK seller without knowing what the import limits are.
but like everyone else said, as far as I know, there isn't a limit for the US. For Canada, it's $60.
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See US embassy in London website: http://london.usembassy.gov/ukcust1.html#gifts.
Actually I think it is £18 for stuff you order and £36 for personal gifts the other way round: http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P59_5036.
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I've bought 100's of dollars of absinthe from a seller in london, and never paid anything extra when it arrived (and yes, the full value was listed on the package's forms)
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Someone won an Ebay auction of mine, based in the US, despite my auction saying 'ships to UK only' and without asking if it was OK to bid or how much it cost, so I figured overcharging her a bit was fair enough, but didn't want her to be stung for duties as well (I put 'value' as the sum of cost plus postage, which was £25.)
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but like everyone else said, as far as I know, there isn't a limit for the US. For Canada, it's $60.
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