Whisk(e)y Lovers thread

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Neuk_ said:
Agreed :cool: A good friend's first child is arriving in late December/early January so I am going to get him a bottle as a gift, so I can have some, of course.

P.S. I made two mistakes recently, the second was giving up alcohol for November and the first was not remembering the last time I gave up alcohol for November :rolleyes:
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Hello December 1st :cool: Looking forward to my first whisky in a while this evening with my fiancé and some friends.
 
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Rah_Skill said:
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What did you end up paying in customs?

They offer free shipping over 500 pounds which is worthwhile on bigger purchases.
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Customs is mostly VAT which is easy to calculate. then some extra fees from DHL...R150 pre-clearance etc.
 
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MightyQuin said:
Customs is mostly VAT which is easy to calculate. then some extra fees from DHL...R150 pre-clearance etc.
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That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.
 
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Rah_Skill said:
That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.
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To give more detail:

A bottle of Whisky recently costing me GBP 44.13 had additional costs of R 1.36 for Duties, R 162 VAT and R68.20 in Excise.

Then add approx R150 in DHL pre -clearance and then there is/or isn't the latest Dept, of Agriculture fee of R230.

So total of: R 611.56
 
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MightyQuin said:
To give more detail:

A bottle of Whisky recently costing me GBP 44.13 had additional costs of R 1.36 for Duties, R 162 VAT and R68.20 in Excise.

Then add approx R150 in DHL pre -clearance and then there is/or isn't the latest Dept, of Agriculture fee of R230.

So total of: R 611.56
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Which is pretty reasonable - especially on larger orders where a few of those costs won't make up such a large portion of the original price.

Thanks!
 
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Rah_Skill said:
Which is pretty reasonable - especially on larger orders where a few of those costs won't make up such a large portion of the original price.

Thanks!
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Well on larger order all those costs will increase except the DHL fees so it will still all ad up.
 
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Rah_Skill said:
That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.
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Plenty of local shops have the standard Hedonism? o_O Or are you after one of the special releases?
 
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