Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

A real cutie pie       

Jenny, she is just too stunning, a real sweetheart         

Adorable, such a lovely face and gorgous mohair       

What a little sweetie, soooooo cute       

She is stunning and even nicer in the fur         

What a gorgeous bear and No 1 works for me, your eye goes straight to the bear   

Hi Kate, I am quite new to minis but ears are a ........................bleep. I tried invisible thread and boy do I hate it. I do use it for ears though. The tips above are great girls   

Hi Heather, I like Tami didn't read the negative comments either.

I do think that the people who admire and respect  Ma'Sal's work far out way those that do not

So  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug: Fabulous work and lucky you Heather 

Just gorgeous           

He is adorable, can't understand why his mum-to-be didn't want him       

What a delightful pair, so gorgeous               

What a darling, I have just had a peak at her ebay listing and her face is just stunning                 

In normal circumstances when a bear has been purchased, I would say definitely declare the purchase price, that's as it should be. But these are slightly unusual circumstances and I think if you were spot checked by customs they would have a hard job proving a different value on the bear other than the materials due to the fact no money changed hands.

If a bear (in a swap) did go missing and you had to claim on the insurance, would they not ask for proof of purchase price?? A receipt for the amount and in this case there would be none, so you could have a problem claiming for the value of the bear  I hope that makes sense. I just wouldn't want anyone to think that I was advising anyone to do something illegal. The problem with our rules on vat are that they are designed to cover the normal and common areas. I am certain that if I did ring the vat office I would get several different answers.

Hi me again, NO I didn't have to pay any customs charge  :dance:  :dance:  :dance: and A huge thank you to Sheryl, my darling Shaiming arrived very safely and quickly.

It does depends on each country, I am not aware of any site that gives all the different country rules

If items are received into the UK from an EC country there is no duty to pay but all countries outside the EC (USA, Canada, Australia and Japan etc) do incur both Customs Duty and Customs Vat

I have found that it does depend on the shipper and who is "processing" your box in the UK, I do think that sometimes they cannot be bothered to process the paperwork and also I think they are confused as to the rules as well, that said I do know of others in the UK that have been stung by our ordinary postal service.

It is a thought maybe we could have a post just for Import Duty and someone form each country could post details of any fees that would/could occur when posting INTO their Country, I could start one with the UK if you would like????

Julia we was a postin at the same time 

I think I had better clarify things, in terms of a gift.

In normal circumstances a gift is purchsed for a sum from a shop and the amount declared, would be that cost to re-purchase the item again.

In our cases, in a swap, the value of the item is subject to guess work as the only money that has changed hands is the original purchase of the materials. That is why I suggested that a "materials value" could be used. I wouldn't want anyone to think I was trying to cheat the customs man.

I hope thats ok and explains things a little better, it would be a shame if we all had to pay huge sums for our swap bears and the swaps stopped because of this   

Hi Debbie, at the back end of last year my pc died completely.

What has this to do with ipods, my daughter bought an ipod touch in september and boy was I glad, it kept me going on the internet till I was sorted, I couldn't download pics but my clever daughter got round that with my phone and sent the pics from my phone to photobucket. Amazing

I have just seen Bud on your blog, he is gorgeous and the picture of Bud and Paddy wow

I am not sure which surprises me most, how big and stunning Paddy is or how cute Bud is     

So so so cute, a real sweetie    

What a lovely fella, he looks like he could be fun   

He is just adorable and such a lovely suitable name for him       

I love your pictures and you are so right about the doom and gloom thing. I have just delivered a bear to my mum for mothers day and he bought such a smile and tears to her eyes, everyone should have that once in awhile.

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I'm in. I thoroughly enjoyed my last swap and would look forward to another one  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:  :dance:

Oh yes me too

Thanks Lynne and Sheryl

Huggies xxxxxx

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh so so sweet