Notice: Customers in the EU and Northern Ireland
To all our customers in Europe and Northern Ireland.... our apologies.
Due to the new/updated GPSR legislation that the EU have introduced (which comes into force as of December 13th 2024) we will be temporarily disabling the shipping option for addresses that are within the EU or Northern Ireland as of December 1st 2024, until further clarification is forthcoming.
Sales within the rest of the UK and to any other area of the world remain unaffected (for the moment).
The GPSR legislation requires manufacturers to provide safety/risk assessments for its products and adjust packaging with safety info - all of which is feasible. The bit which causes a problem is the requirement to provide a representative based within the EU to act as a point of contact for safety issues.
If at some point in the future this legislation is either removed or relaxed for small manufacturers - or we figure out a way to deal with it - then we will be able to resume shipping items to you.... but with fines of up to 20,000 Euros for non-compliance, it is simply something we cannot risk. We are working with a number of fellow suppliers to find a way to resolve this.
Orders received before December 1st will be shipped as normal as hopefully they will get through to you before the new rules come into force.
The EU Commisson have indicated they will be providing guidance for SMEs on this legislation - and that should be published by December 13th.
UPDATE 01/02/2021
Please note that due to brexit there may be some changes to the way items are sent outside the UK. As such there may well be additional taxes which, hopefully, are explained more fully below.
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Custom Charges
Custom charges may apply when shipping outside of the UK and the EU. Orders may require you to pay import charges and brokerage/administrative fees – these are solely the responsibility of the customer.
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EU VAT & Customs Duties
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Customs clearance charges and fees may be payable on items/goods (excluding personal correspondence) entering the destination country including the EU from the UK. These depend on the contents’ value. You will need to decide how the recipient will pay these as the parcel won’t be released until payment has been received.
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Items sent to the EU from England, Scotland and Wales are subject VAT and duties in the EU. The value of goods thresholds are detailed below
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Items valued at under €22 will remain part of the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) Scheme for items sent to the EU and are not subject to VAT or duties until 1 July 2021 (subject to further extension date to be set by the EU).
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Commercial items/goods (excluding personal correspondence) sent to the EU over €22 and below €150 may be taxed at the border and may incur a customs clearance/handling fee in the receiving country.
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Commercial items/goods sent to the EU over €150 may attract VAT, customs duties and a clearance/handling fee
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The customs authorities in the destination country and the customs thresholds in place determine if charges are due on imported goods.
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The levels and thresholds of charges vary from country to country. Royal Mail cannot advise on what these may be. Please contact the embassy or customs authority of the destination country for help, either directly or via their websites.
Payment may be made through the web site viapaypal using a paypal account or a credit card. For cheque payments, please make all cheques payable to Parkfield Miniatures
Please note, as from 1st July 2020 Royal mail will be increasing the shipping rates to the USA, consequently our rates will increase and the shipping costs to the USA will be much higher than currently.
The cost of sending mail to the US is to set to rise dramatically from July 1, as the combination of COVID-19 international flight restrictions and changes in US policies on postal rates for incoming mail combine to create a worrying precedent for international mail.
Royal Mail in the UK is one of a number of international mail providers affected by the circumstances, with the price of sending International standard parcels to the US increasing by 49% on average, and the price of International signed and tracked parcels sent to the US increasing by an average of 38%.
Most of Royal Mail's international mail is carried on commercial passenger flights. There has been a 95% reduction in air passenger flights globally following the outbreak of Covid-19.
According to Royal Mail, this has led to a "five-fold increase in our air freight costs to the US".