Custom Razors
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Make sure he marks it as being worth under £18 equivalent - then there's no danger - since duty is only applied over £105 and VAT over £18...
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Marking it as a gift in theory doubles the allowable amount, however such gifts are supposed to be "of an occasional nature" (in this case "occasional" means birthday, Christmas, wedding anniversary, etc) and HMRC are the hidden security service. They have far more wide reaching powers than (say) the police...
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agree with the above (too lazy to quote), the 'gift' option works patchy at best. never had any problems with under-valuing. When i bought my Fatboy it cost me $50, but the clown i bought it from valued it at $80 'as a favour if it got lost in the post 'cos it was so good' - i could have killed the MoFo when i got my import bill 
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It really is the chance you take, I ask the buyer what value he wants on it but to be mindful of both import and insurance implications. I have been stung once for import duty. It wasn't marked as a gift but that's the gamble, as HM said it the declared value that sparks the interest.
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78 grams, good decent weight to it. I would be interested to hear what you think of it when you get it.
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JaseB said:
Marking it as a "Commercial sample" might be a better bet... after all, Bob is selling them and it's a sample of his work... not 100% certain what the deal is with duty on samples though? Call local HMRC office (number is in the phone book) and ask them perhaps?
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Well, it arrived in the post today. I knew it would be heavy, but wow, does it have some weight to it when its in ya hand. Cannot post photos, no digital camera in house. Sorry, I know we all like to see pictures, but it is exactly like the original bull mastiff on bob's site.
Fits the EJ head perfectly - appears to be a slightly different colour plate that than on the EJ head. Kind of makes it look 2 tone ( dare I say I now have a 2 band razor - is that my taxi I hear.... :lol: )
It took just over a week to come from the US - no customs issues
If you like/want/ thinking about custom handles, I would highly recommend checking out his site and dropping him an email. Really good service, and good communications from emails.
Fits the EJ head perfectly - appears to be a slightly different colour plate that than on the EJ head. Kind of makes it look 2 tone ( dare I say I now have a 2 band razor - is that my taxi I hear.... :lol: )
It took just over a week to come from the US - no customs issues
If you like/want/ thinking about custom handles, I would highly recommend checking out his site and dropping him an email. Really good service, and good communications from emails.