orange box purchase - tax question

[brialzebub]

I was thinking of getting the orange box and was going to pay for it through steam/paypal to get it direct by download, but unusually for me I read the license agreement where it went on about the legal migubbins - which reminded me about import duties blah blah blah. Then I thought, hey they dont actually send you anything through the post do they? Do they? I just want to download the game over the net (which, by the way, is probably a lot more environmentally friendly:biggrin:)

Anyone experienced this purchase route? Any dilemmas? If it came to it I suppose I could just ignore the parcel lying at the post office waiting for me to pay a customs admin charge and import duty... :)

[neogramps]

yeah I bought the orange box through steam - £25 paid with paypal - no parcels or import tax

[Strings]

This has to be a joke thread!

[brialzebub]

This has to be a joke thread!

you're the joke! :shock:

;)

Seriously, they might for some reason have sent discs or manuals or just some small token papery migubbins... if someone has a question why not think, "Hey some people might not know the answer to this question," instead of randomly insulting and pissing people off, albeit unintentionally. I originally got HL2 through steam/paypal and at that time they did not send anything out. A few months ago the customs and excise people really started tightening up on all sorts of import duty / tax regulations which you can read about here (http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageImport_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_001454&propertyType=document)

...so I just thought I'd check with people here since some of yooz guys would have already purchased with that method. So there. :p

[neogramps]

they add VAT to your purchase - check your paypal bill once you've ordered.

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=267

oh and it probably wouldn't be considered an import since the content servers are in the UK.

[brialzebub]

interesting...
with the estimated tax added, it makes it roughly £28 to purchase through steam/paypal. You can get it delivered free from play.com for £26.99. It's only a pound or so I know, but it's good to clarify the options. You also get a disc from play which may be used as an interesting beer mat ;)

cheers!

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3383507/Half-Life-2-The-Orange-Box/Product.html