buying online

has anyone experienced any problems with buying tackle online on american websites and having to pay extra charges for bringing the goods into ireland

Not personally, but there was an article about a recent clamp-down by customs on stuff imported into the country (not fishing gear specifically).

I think the article was in the Irish Times on 22nd January.

Mail order from anywhere outside of the EU is a little bit of a lottery....sometimes the stuff will get through without any duty or Vat other times if your unlucky it wont.

This is the situation though......if you buy an item for $100.00 and the postage/Freight charges are say $50.00 then the duty and Vat is to be paid on $150.00....not just the price of the item.....what may look a good deal can sometimes cost more.

Tom.

We get someone traveling over on business to bring it over after its posted to a US address. One tactic is have the package undervalued by the seller but if the package is lost insurance only covers the value stated.

A work mate gets smokes mail ordered regularly and finds that one in 3 packages are stopped. I've heard others quote this statistic.

Donagh