• Hi, I am the owner and main administrator of Styleforum. If you find the forum useful and fun, please help support it by buying through the posted links on the forum. Our main, very popular sales thread, where the latest and best sales are listed, are posted HERE

    Purchases made through some of our links earns a commission for the forum and allows us to do the work of maintaining and improving it. Finally, thanks for being a part of this community. We realize that there are many choices today on the internet, and we have all of you to thank for making Styleforum the foremost destination for discussions of menswear.
  • This site contains affiliate links for which Styleforum may be compensated.
  • We would like to welcome House of Huntington as an official Affiliate Vendor. Shop past season Drake's, Nigel Cabourn, Private White V.C. and other menswear luxury brands at exceptional prices below retail. Please visit the Houise of Huntington thread and welcome them to the forum.

  • STYLE. COMMUNITY. GREAT CLOTHING.

    Bored of counting likes on social networks? At Styleforum, you’ll find rousing discussions that go beyond strings of emojis.

    Click Here to join Styleforum's thousands of style enthusiasts today!

    Styleforum is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Oki Ni Vat and Customs Question

dmash

Distinguished Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2009
Messages
4,438
Reaction score
349
I remember this being discussed before, but search brings up nothing as 'oki, ni & vat' are all 3 letters or less.

Do I need to email Oki Ni prior to ordering to get VAT exemptions applied to my account? or do I have to order and then contact them to remove VAT? Has anybody done this successfully? I heard some things before how Oki Ni played dumb on refunding VAT which is stupid.

Also, am I correct in assuming that if im buying 1000gbp worth of stuff...they should subtract 20% VAT to make it 800gbp...but I'll have to pay 10% customs fees on the value which would be about 100gbp? So pretty much I should take 10% whatever price I'm seeing right now on Oki Ni?

Trying to make sure I have this right before I purchase anything. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
 

nahneun

Uncle Nephew
Joined
Feb 25, 2009
Messages
10,039
Reaction score
12,696
i think i remember someone saying they were refunded after the transaction via paypal
 

Milksauce

Active Member
Joined
Jul 7, 2010
Messages
42
Reaction score
5
Just email them to get put the no vat list and it'll get subtracted during checkout.
 

the shah

OG Yamamoto
Joined
Jun 2, 2008
Messages
17,561
Reaction score
12,863
bump10char +1
 

Lane

Distinguished Member
Joined
Jul 27, 2010
Messages
5,236
Reaction score
784
so VAT is part of the prices on oki-ni?? is VAT 20%?

thought that was only for euros
 

dfagdfsh

Professional Style Farmer
Joined
Mar 14, 2008
Messages
22,649
Reaction score
7,932
yes it's part of the prices.
 

dmash

Distinguished Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2009
Messages
4,438
Reaction score
349
Yeah, I got a response too.

However, do not subtract 20% from the price seen. They subtract 20% from the actual price of the item, before their markup.
 

GoldenTribe

Distinguished Member
Joined
Jan 7, 2010
Messages
3,865
Reaction score
2,256
Originally Posted by dmash1080
Yeah, I got a response too.

However, do not subtract 20% from the price seen. They subtract 20% from the actual price of the item, before their markup.


so what was the actual change in price?
 

Oasis

Senior Member
Joined
May 31, 2010
Messages
296
Reaction score
44
Originally Posted by dmash1080
approximately 16.6%

Approximately?
laugh.gif
 

the shah

OG Yamamoto
Joined
Jun 2, 2008
Messages
17,561
Reaction score
12,863
remedial mathematics might be a better investment for some ... just saying
 

RegisDB9

Rico Suave
Joined
Oct 15, 2010
Messages
6,959
Reaction score
34,998
Dammit I hate finding something I like overseas

I want to order an item from Italy, the item is under $200 which in my case I have noticed no customs problems with items under 200. Buuuuut it states that for E.U. customers the VAT is not applied so even if the item is under 200, will I will still get charged with customs?
 

drum

Senior Member
Joined
Feb 23, 2011
Messages
108
Reaction score
0
^ Sounds strange, why would EU customers be exempt from paying VAT if it's from Italy? You can get charged by customs regardless of whether VAT was included in the price.
 

Featured Sponsor

How important is full vs half canvas to you for heavier sport jackets?

  • Definitely full canvas only

    Votes: 55 35.5%
  • Half canvas is fine

    Votes: 60 38.7%
  • Really don't care

    Votes: 17 11.0%
  • Depends on fabric

    Votes: 27 17.4%
  • Depends on price

    Votes: 28 18.1%

Forum statistics

Threads
505,188
Messages
10,579,231
Members
223,898
Latest member
AdellCorwin
Top