Parcels from the Uk to Los Balcones

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:47pm

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Hi again - I have just bought some large electronics (Soundbar speakers etc) here in the UK that I want sent to my holiday home in Los Balcones. I had hoped they would fit in a suitcase but I am not that lucky! Has anyone got experience of sending things over to Spain please and any recommendations? I am wary that I will need them delivered on an exact day (or two) so I can make sure I am there to receive them but have zero idea where to start. Has anyone any advice pretty please?

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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:45pm

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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:45pm

Most probably you shipment will be held up by Spanish customs and subject to 21% VAT which can take 1 week or more.

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:30am

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:30am

Trivass wrote on Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:47pm:
Hi again - I have just bought some large electronics (Soundbar speakers etc) here in the UK that I want sent to my holiday home in Los Balcones. I had hoped they would fit in a suitcase but I am not that lucky! Has anyone got experience of sending things over to Spain please and any recommendatio...

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...ns? I am wary that I will need them delivered on an exact day (or two) so I can make sure I am there to receive them but have zero idea where to start. Has anyone any advice pretty please?

I had 4 small packets delivered from the UK yesterday and got charged 29.41 for the privilege!!! Since Brexit its a ripoff to send anything ftom home without being charged exorbitant prices for something worth 2 euros!!!

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:55am

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:55am

You’ll need to pay import tax on them, which will make them very costly. You would be better off sourcing the same product here in Spain. Duties are 2.5% plus you’d also have to pay VAT of 21%

Even if the goods had fitted into your case you would have run the risk of having them impounded at border control and having to pay charges to release them.

Since July almost everything brought into Spain incurs taxes, including stuff from China.

Buy online from a Spanish company or Amazon.es and you’ll be advised a delivery day.

Lynn

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:05pm

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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:05pm

GrahamLynn wrote on Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:55am:
You’ll need to pay import tax on them, which will make them very costly. You would be better off sourcing the same product here in Spain. Duties are 2.5% plus you’d also have to pay VAT of 21%
Even if the goods had fitted into your case you would have run the risk of having them impounded at border control and having to pay charges to release them.
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Since July almost everything brought into Spain incurs taxes, including stuff from China.

Buy online from a Spanish company or Amazon.es and you’ll be advised a delivery day.
Lynn