How are customs and custom laws in your country?

In Turkey it's very icky, but customs officers are usually very helpful - there's a 20% tax, and a relatively new system that you pay the tax at your doorstep, but no credit card, you have to have cash

You can't buy anything with a value above 1500 euros as I remember (could be 1000 euros too) - so I always see Speedmasters etc. as out of my scope

There's an unwritten rule that you should only receive one package on avarage every week, if you go above it, they hold your packages in the main customs/package center, and you have to manually go handle the tax procedure and explain yourself, not fun - they always ask the same question, "Are you doing this as a business? / For profit?" You say no, for some reason, they don't want individuals buying and selling stuff ...

UPS, DHL etc. have an automated system too, but if the package is held, their manual processing could require costly procedures if you are unlucky, and once I even had to visit Istanbul from Ankara to solve an issue, so it's always a good idea to just use regular post

If there's multiple stuff declared in a package, they usually hold it for manual processing, so all in all, very tedious, and the 20% tax is a really big hit

I always wonder how things are in US to be honest, I've never heard of anyone paying customs there, none of the packages I sent where held either, I envy people from US a lot - I know from experience that EU is pretty much similar to Turkey, but I guess they have the advantage of not paying taxes if the packages is from an individual within the EU?

Very tedious and erratic, in India.

My purchasing experience in the U.S. has been very inconsistent.

Purchased 2 MTM leather jackets from Aero Leather in Scotland, and both times, I had to pay custom duties before DHL released the package for delivery.

Some watch accessories purchased from Europe (watch straps from Belgium, Speedmaster caseback from Germany) were held by US Postal Service for 1-2 months, awaiting customs clearance. No bill to pay, but the delay for these small parcels to be cleared through customs was very inconvenient.

Ordered a Baracuta jackets from a department store in London a couple times, and both were delivered in 2 days by Fedex without any hold-ups.

Shoes from Portugal, Spain, England... also delivered without any delays or duty assessments by DHL and/or Fedex.

For watches with landed cost or market value of Php10,000 and above (about EUR150 or USD180), import customs duties of 5% and 12% VAT as well as some miscellaneous fees. So i allocate about 18% more when buying online.

I certainly agree

I have exactly the same question but no one can give a clear answer including customs & excise in the UK.

Quite simply, if I buy a vintage speedy from a dealer in Italy when it’s lands in the UK are there any taxes to pay, VAT and or Duty?

Can anyone advise but with a real “yes” or “no” answer

thanks

Probably not a good time to get an easy answer: https://omegaforums.net/threads/has...he-eu-for-more-than-£135.125415/#post-1693551

Previously, EU to EU, there was no tax between individuals as far as I know, only businesses applied VAT

Currently you'll probably pay tax, so it's not a "yes", but a probably