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Post by lawrev on Jul 24, 2021 12:28:11 GMT
Agreed regarding the font size in the booklets! But I have found that both albums have aged pretty well, meaning that they stand up to repeated listening. These albums are the best highlights to date in ELO's 50th year.
And by the way, when we paid money for these, a portion went in Jeff Lynne's pocket.
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Post by Timeblue on Oct 27, 2021 13:14:06 GMT
Agreed regarding the font size in the booklets! But I have found that both albums have aged pretty well, meaning that they stand up to repeated listening. These albums are the best highlights to date in ELO's 50th year. And by the way, when we paid money for these, a portion went in Jeff Lynne's pocket. Good point....
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 4, 2021 20:46:14 GMT
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Post by lasttrain929 on Nov 4, 2021 23:02:12 GMT
Thanks Horace I’m very tempted.....
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 5, 2021 19:34:42 GMT
I might invest in one...
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Post by lasttrain929 on Nov 5, 2021 21:31:30 GMT
Has anyone bought a record from over sea’s and been hit with a charge when collecting it, I got hit with a £27 charge, it’s made me very wary!!!!
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 5, 2021 21:47:13 GMT
Has anyone bought a record from over sea’s and been hit with a charge when collecting it, I got hit with a £27 charge, it’s made me very wary!!!! Not a record but I was once stung for buying a hoodie for my daughter a while back...
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 6, 2021 9:17:31 GMT
Has anyone bought a record from over sea’s and been hit with a charge when collecting it, I got hit with a £27 charge, it’s made me very wary!!!! Not a record but I was once stung for buying a hoodie for my daughter a while back... No I haven’t, maybe got lucky.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 7, 2021 19:37:55 GMT
So is it an import tax?
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Post by lasttrain929 on Nov 7, 2021 22:53:10 GMT
Not sure what it was exactly but I’m going to contact the PO this week as there is four albums I want to buy from the US, will let you know what I find out.
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 8, 2021 8:17:52 GMT
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 8, 2021 12:56:49 GMT
Has anyone bought a record from over sea’s and been hit with a charge when collecting it, I got hit with a £27 charge, it’s made me very wary!!!! Didn't the advert mention that there would be this charge?
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Post by soonerorlater on Nov 8, 2021 13:47:30 GMT
As a general rule of thumb, particularly when you're in the UK and buying from the US...... the Customs declaration attached to the packaging will have a declared value of the contents. If the value is greater than the equivalent of £20 GBP then you get charged VAT (at 20%) on the difference. The Post Office, in their infinite wisdom also add an £8 'handling charge' for no real reason whatsoever! So yes, you can have quite a disproportionate bill at the end of it.
Some places, e.g. Amazon US allow you to prepay a Customs fee which ends up cheaper and avoids the Post Office fee. I always now go for this if given the option.
To be fair to Renaissance, they deliberately keep the declared contents value below £20 if they can (depending on how much you've bought). In other words they bend the rules to the consumer's benefit. It may even be cheaper in future to order things separately just to keep the package value down. Even if you're paying postage two or three times, it may still end up cheaper overall. Certainly worth doing your homework as yes, I've been caught out a few times too.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 8, 2021 16:45:11 GMT
Certainly worth checking the small print.
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Post by lasttrain929 on Nov 8, 2021 18:59:48 GMT
Certainly worth checking the small print. As sooneorlater mentioned Mrs LT was told about a charge on the item as it was over the value of £50. As you say it’s better always checking, it has made me very wary. Once bitten.....
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?