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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 1204320, member: 29458&quot;]I bought two medals off a US dealer via eBay, one was a BIN $250 1854 Crimean War, the other was normal bidding $89. WWI.</p><p><br /></p><p>UK customs pulled them on arrival in the UK and charged me £55.07 customs import tax otherwise they would send them back.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also calculate a percentage of the shipping costs in their charges.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid online and they were duly delivered.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1854 medal was as expected and as it is an antique it should have been duty free., the other medal WWI was after</p><p><br /></p><p>examination was fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I called Customs/Border Agency/ HM Revenue (all the same people) explained the $250 was antique and the WWI was fake </p><p><br /></p><p>and they are refunding my money.</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay have already refunded my $89 on return of the fake medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just call them, forget letters and emails.</p><p><br /></p><p>ASk your senders to put &quot;Antique&quot; on the customs forms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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