Bobby Rico Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: No customs duty on fossils unless the *CN22 was ambiguously filled out by the exporter. I’ve said several times on the forum it’s in your interest that the exporter is accurate with the CN22. If it was you can challenge that Post office I think have forms. It should be commodity code 9705000030 It must have been VAT you’ve been charged for Bobby. Rather annoyingly VAT is not only charged own the value of the item declared but on top of customs duty (if eligible) AND shipping costs. I would recommend a lower value on the CN22 as the value is subjective unlike say a new car. A low value doesn’t mean the item(s) can’t be insured at a higher rate as the item could have a higher value to the receiving party than an actual monetary value. The post office charge you around £12 for relieving you of the customs duty on the shipping costs is totally unreasonable as it costs the a mass produced red postcard, a first class stamp and 30 seconds of their time. So, an example. This is a very simplistic example and the values/duty/VAT depends on the amount the item is worth before it kicks in (think personal income tax allowance) and whether it’s a gift. So you recieve an accurately filled out CN22 for a fossil valued at £75. The shipping was £25. There is no duty (fossils!) but you will have to pay £20 VAT on the £75 + £25. Add the £12 odd the post office charge and your bill will be £132. The label stuck on the parcel will tell you the amount of duty separate from VAT. With my my own business I ship and import worldwide. I also know a retired customs office of some rank. *Note if over a certain declared value value a CN23 rather than a CN22 will need to be used. 10 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: Thanks John I don’t think my gift from my friend in NY is a fossil. I Just don’t know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: don’t think my gift from my friend in NY is a fossil. I Just don’t know what it is. Get your friend to send you fossils! whatever it is enjoy it 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTinNorthAB Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Fossil Claw said: My awesome gift ariv d today from Santa (Victoria). Thank you I live the choices. Haha awesome. Glad it arrived safely. The petrified wood, my kiddo actually found while walking the river so she wanted to send it She actually helped pick out a lot of the things 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Wait isn't it supposed to be "secret" Santa in that you don't know who sent your package? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 11 minutes ago, Haravex said: Wait isn't it supposed to be "secret" Santa in that you don't know who sent your package? I always heard it was "secret" because You did not know Who was going to give a gift to You. Never heard that it made any difference after the fact. 4 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 With most of these, the post code/ zip code or country will rather give it away, anyway. The one I run on the Tortoise Forum is called TORTOISE : Totally Obvious Really, The Origin Is Sure Enough. But it's about the fun, and giving and receiving, and you don't know who until it arrives, at least. Then we post photos and laugh and share our enjoyment, proud of what we've sent and grateful for what we've been given. Perhaps here it could be called FOSSIL, Fairly Obvious Santa, Still It's Lovely! 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTinNorthAB Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Haravex said: Wait isn't it supposed to be "secret" Santa in that you don't know who sent your package? One of the problems with international “secret” Santa’s...name and address requirement on customs forms haha I think that gives away quite a bit...well that and the little hints dropped here and there. I agree with not knowing who got your name until you receive the gift being the “secret” aspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTinNorthAB Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Perhaps here it could be called FOSSIL, Fairly Obvious Santa, Still It's Lovely! I love this so much! Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/24/2017 at 3:24 PM, Ptychodus04 said: My secret santa package arrived today. My santa really knows me! He/she sent me a handful of cool fossils and 2 for me to prep! Very cool!!!! Santa's glad you liked them all and may need some fossil prep in the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Seeing lots of lovely packages! Just wondering: did anyone NOT receive their package yet? My mailbox is still empty 1 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, JarrodB said: Santa's glad you liked them all and may need some fossil prep in the future. I’d be happy to help Santa out in the future on preps! 1 hour ago, Max-fossils said: Seeing lots of lovely packages! Just wondering: did anyone NOT receive their package yet? My mailbox is still empty I’m sending my package to a good little boy on Monday. 4 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Got part two of my secret Santa today thank you so much for this great little collection . The desmostylus tooth are fantastic but I did have to look up what type of mammal it was. Very cool and strange creature . The Conularia is beautiful too. Please my not a secret Santa Dorren @caldigger pm me your address , so I can send a little thank for the extra postage . I have already boxed you up an really nice fossil I found in the Isle of Skye. cheers Bobby Addded to part of my mammal collection. Thank you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 WOW ! ! ! I love the Conularia, as well! And what an excellent package! Lucky chap. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Glad to see it finally made it. Sorry for the sloppy label writing, I can hardly hold a pen anymore. Yes, Desi's are a very unusual creature kind of hippo looking and only found along what used to be the shores of the Pacific Ocean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Max-fossils said: Seeing lots of lovely packages! Just wondering: did anyone NOT receive their package yet? My mailbox is still empty Hi Max! Only one of the two boxes I sent out has arrived and has been opened up so far, so you're not the only one who is playing the waiting game... I hope that your package arrives soon!!! Monica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Monica said: Hi Max! Only one of the two boxes I sent out has arrived and has been opened up so far, so you're not the only one who is playing the waiting game... I hope that your package arrives soon!!! Monica Ok, good to know that I am not that there a few others in the same position as me. By the way, I'm pretty sure that the package I sent should have arrived by now. If not, it should be there at the latest this week. (I sent it November 19th, and it takes 5-12 workdays to arrive). Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I think life just sometimes gets in the way, when it comes to posting pics on the Secret Santa. I sent my package out on 11-16-17 and even with Priority it did not get delivered until 11-20-17, but I have still have not seen anything posted. I just hope the person who received my goodies, like them- fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Same the waiting can get you all a bit nervous still have not seen my ss post pictures yet makes me wonder if he or she received it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Well, it happened ... Santa arrived and my kids were as excited as I was ! It did also happen that they plundered most of the spoils .. my son is partial to any kind of crystal or rock and my 2.5 year old daughter has taken to anything sparkly as well. It was a nice gift to share. Thanks, Brett The interloper ... ... and his accomplice ... The goods. FIN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Haravex said: Same the waiting can get you all a bit nervous still have not seen my ss post pictures yet makes me wonder if he or she received it No I haven’t. Happy to give you my address by pm and I’ll look forward to receiving some fantastic Kem Kem stuff 25 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Well, it happened ... Santa arrived and my kids were as excited as I was ! It did also happen that they plundered most of the spoils .. my son is partial to any kind of crystal or rock and my 2.5 year old daughter has taken to anything sparkly as well. It was a nice gift to share. Thanks, Brett The interloper ... ... and his accomplice ... The goods. FIN Lovely pictures of your kids Brett and a great bunch of goodies from Santa. You’ve obviously been a good boy! 3 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 7 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said: No I haven’t. Happy to give you my address by pm and I’ll look forward to receiving some fantastic Kem Kem stuff Lovely pictures of your kids Brett and a great bunch of goodies from Santa. You’ve obviously been a good boy! Thanks John ... they are definitely a handful but Daddy has them down the right path ! (*Momma is giving daddy the eyes again*) haha. B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Japan Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Santa did not visit japan yet too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~〇~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warmest greetings from Kumamoto、 Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I've been bad most of the year so Santa hasn't visited my house yet lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Mine should have arrived at its destination a long time ago, I’m thinking about sending a PM to them soon to see if they got it. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Well, it happened ... Santa arrived and my kids were as excited as I was ! It did also happen that they plundered most of the spoils .. my son is partial to any kind of crystal or rock and my 2.5 year old daughter has taken to anything sparkly as well. It was a nice gift to share. Thanks, Brett The interloper ... ... and his accomplice ... The goods. FIN Nice collection of pressies. Nice children, too. Another Secret Santa arrives safe and sound! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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