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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 14097, member: 1101&quot;]There&#039;s always one in every crowd.&nbsp; Okay, okay, so if you don&#039;t want to break the rules, then get to know them real well and find the cheapest way to abide by them.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example:&nbsp; if the customs people are whacking you with a high fee for &quot;bullion&quot;, is there a way to classify the SEs you are buying as &quot;collector coins&quot; (assuming this designation would reduce the tax)?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I generally do not suggest that people BREAK the law, but if you can work within the law, and stretch it to the limits to work in your favor, then good.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am forced to do this here in Germany where the craziest bureaucracy constantly trips up people.&nbsp; I had an autographed book sent to me as a gift from Charlie Daniels (not sure if the younger set knows who he is), but because it came in an envleope that had a typed address and a return address that looked like it was from a company (it was from his fanclub address), the Germans insisted that it could not be delivered as a &quot;gift&quot;, despite the fact that it WAS a gift and it was MARKED as a gift on the customs form.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After a verbal altercation the lady backed down, or should I say surrendered, but she still didn&#039;t buy into common sense - she only got tired of fighting me on it.&nbsp; I would imagine the Brits are slightly more reasonable.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own advice - get those packages hand-addressed, and list the contents as &quot;collector coins&quot; - they will be less conspicuous that way.&nbsp; Also, the cost of postage paid to the seller should not be included in the &quot;value&quot; field.&nbsp; And......if the customs people insist on charging you as if the coins only had bullion value, I would be inclined to only state bullion value on the customs label.&nbsp; Why pay tax on the premium people pay for SEs as collectors&#039; items? Of course, the sender/seller has to agree to go along with all of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a last resort, I would get all your friends and the local dealers together and opt for the personal visit to the US to buy them directly.&nbsp; You could fly into New Hamphshire (no sales tax), have some local dealer waiting for you at the airport, then hop back on the plane.&nbsp;&nbsp; You would have to check the customs limit for people returning to the UK, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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