How bad is import duty on stuff from Japan?

[kingtreelo]

Does yours say pal on it on the box?
mine doesn’t but has the code HES-TGX-11

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in all honesty, i dont really care, i'm not going to sell it unless someone offers me stupid money for it

 

[big10p]

Ok, my game arrived today, and took just 2 days to deliver from Japan! Shipping was free (well, no extra to pay, anyway), the game is good condition and no duty to pay. Even got a nice origami star from the seller. 😃

Maybe I just got lucky, but I'm impressed. 👍

 

[_Matt_]

got this a while back as well, absolutely mint in box, guy doesnt even think it was played
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and the one i play on
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Nice! I bought a NOS Euro Turbografx off Ebay for £30 around 18 years ago. The box isn't as nice as yours but it's still unused. I'm mainly in to PC Engine's though and I'm currently running out of shelf space to display all the different consoles.

 

[CMYKhazi-Dan]

Please stop with the Turbo Grafx for £30!!! Could've got one but bought a Dreamcast Vmu instead or might have been Last Blade 😭😭😭

 

[Marktert]

Just a heads-up: if you’re importing goods from Japan into the UK, you won’t pay duty if the value is £135 or under. Above that threshold, both duty (depending on the type of item) and VAT at 20% (on value + shipping + any duty) will kick in. If you want, I can dig out the exact duty rate for games/consoles so you can estimate the extra cost....
Mark