Buying from EU into the UK

[Pohaku]

Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere, I haven't been able to find anything.

I understand that some European online dealers sell silver (Maples, ASEs, bars, rounds, etc etc) without VAT, and will ship to the UK for reasonable shipping price.

What are peoples' experiences of doing this? Last time I bought something and had it shipped from abroad because it was cheaper, I got a letter off the courier (DHL I think) telling me they had my parcel and all I had to do to get it was log onto some portal and pay import tax, VAT, or similar. (It was years ago, I can't recall details).

Specifically - if I order a tube of coins from somewhere like silver-to-go and have it shipped to the UK, and I likely to get a tax bill of some sort or will it just be delivered no issues?

[DrSkilts]

I bought from Silver-to-go last week and had no issues at all

[Allroad]

17 minutes ago, Pohaku said:

Apologies if this is discussed elsewhere, I haven't been able to find anything.

I understand that some European online dealers sell silver (Maples, ASEs, bars, rounds, etc etc) without VAT, and will ship to the UK for reasonable shipping price.

What are peoples' experiences of doing this? Last time I bought something and had it shipped from abroad because it was cheaper, I got a letter off the courier (DHL I think) telling me they had my parcel and all I had to do to get it was log onto some portal and pay import tax, VAT, or similar. (It was years ago, I can't recall details).

Specifically - if I order a tube of coins from somewhere like silver-to-go and have it shipped to the UK, and I likely to get a tax bill of some sort or will it just be delivered no issues?

Where exactly was it from? 

[Pohaku]

6 minutes ago, Allroad said:

Where exactly was it from? 

Oh gosh, honestly I don't know - could have been literally anywhere, I've had a great many sleeps since then!  I just wasn't sure if all imports get put in some sort of queue to see if there is tax due or something!

Also thanks @DrSkilts that's reassuring to know.

[DrSkilts]

I bought through coininvest, which is silver-to-go but maybe the different interface matters? I had a delivery cost of essentially £10 but otherwise UPS just dropped it at my door

[Allroad]

5 minutes ago, Pohaku said:

Oh gosh, honestly I don't know - could have been literally anywhere, I've had a great many sleeps since then!  I just wasn't sure if all imports get put in some sort of queue to see if there is tax due or something!

Also thanks @DrSkilts that's reassuring to know.

No vat from EU.

[onlyroadtoheaven]

There is lots of information on the forum about this. Silver2go, europeanmint, goldsilver.be have all been good for me (although customer service at one of these has been a bit faulty towers ish for some on here. There have been some funny stories). Most importantly you won't be stung with duty by the courier as they are in europe. Outside Europe you will be stung by duty and processing fee .... If caught! Enjoy your shopping in europe!