Got a card from Royal Mail, I need to pay £11.15 to get my packet (not sure what it is) £8 of this is Royal Mail's handling Charge - I have been legally MUGGED

Well you best find out and it better be worth a fortune or i would not accept the package.

This is why I now have two eBay accounts. I will use my UK based account for items I am buying from UK sellers and have everything else shipped to Australia.

That's very clever thinking Tangent

It was a $25 sketch card - which has now cost me another $16 in customs/handling charges. If it goes on much more it will be the end of card collecting for me.

I got charged recently on a $33 card (around £13), the way I looked at it was for all the things that have gotten past charges over the years it wasn't that bad at all.

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Originally posted by tangent:
This is why I now have two eBay accounts. I will use my UK based account for items I am buying from UK sellers and have everything else shipped to Australia.

I do the same. I have everything that's being sold by US sellers shipped to an US address and everything else is being shipped to Germany. That saves a lot of troubles with the lousy USPS and customs.

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I got charged recently on a $33 card (around £13), the way I looked at it was for all the things that have gotten past charges over the years it wasn't that bad at all.

But I think we will getting hit more and more

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Originally posted by tangent:
This is why I now have two eBay accounts. I will use my UK based account for items I am buying from UK sellers and have everything else shipped to Australia.

I do the same. I have everything that's being sold by US sellers shipped to an US address and everything else is being shipped to Germany. That saves a lot of troubles with the lousy USPS and customs.

That's great if you have somebody you can do that with

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Originally posted by WarriorBabe:
I got charged recently on a $33 card (around £13), the way I looked at it was for all the things that have gotten past charges over the years it wasn't that bad at all.

I usually get charged now unless the sender puts low value on the declaration. As Hammer states with the increased shipping charges and customs charges this Hobby is getting beyond a joke with the cost.

Now we are been charged for customs payments direct from U.S. sellers using the new ebay facility.

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Originally posted by estephano:
I do the same. I have everything that's being sold by US sellers shipped to an US address and everything else is being shipped to Germany. That saves a lot of troubles with the lousy USPS and customs.

That's great if you have somebody you can do that with

Well, I do that with the collaboration of an old school friend who emigrated to the US. Even if you don't have family & friends within the US, maybe you can team up with a well trusted collector fellow from the US. Good luck anyway