mine, finally arrived yesterday. Took almost 3 weeks.

I put in an order at only-djs yesterday and they say it's a 2 day order, so it'll be interesting to see if it arrives tomorrow or not. I also put an order in to Chemical yesterday, so will judge their arrival times.

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Originally posted by kate I ordered a record bag for Sean from dancegrooves, and it came fast and everything.. then a month later I get a bill from customs! Nice, eh? I think I get away without paying extra and bang they drop that on you after. Same thing happened to Sean from onlydjs.. lame.

That's because both stores use "Airborne Express" to ship there records off. Then you get bill from PBB saying you owe them customes taxes. WTF is that? When I order from Juno and Chem, I get dinged taxes like 1 in every 4 orders. I get dinged taxes every time I order from Dancegrooves and Only-dj's. It's so inconsistent it makes me wonder what the fuck is going on?

Anywho, my last order from Chem is going on 3 weeks now and still nothing. I have found a new UK site (www.buythatrecord.com) that ships fast and is fairly cheap. I ordered from them on Friday and received my records today! Maybe they're shipping them fast since they're new and they need to make a name for them selves.

this is a little off topic, but its the most relevant place to post this:
virgin just got push - journey of life today (original and rank 1 mixes)
they have 1 copy left, its $16.99 a tad pricey but the track is absolutely brilliant AND its on the new banshee worx

I am thinking of starting to order vinyl from chemical in the UK, but I have no idea how much customs would be. From your guys' experience, how much is shipping normally and how much is the import tax? Of course this depends on the number of records, but I would appreciate it if you could at least give me some idea.

Cheers.

Still use chemical quite frequently, highly recommend it, customs (if they nab it, which they dont' always do) will run you about 2.50 a record.

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That's not too bad. What about postage?

customs charges a $5 handling fee + GST on the value of your purchase

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