Buying from Motocard

[Charliecloud]

Anyone used these guys:https://www.motocard.com.

VAT is added, shipping is free.

Will goods (boots) get stopped at customs ?

[66mpg]

I bought some Givi hand guards from them and they arrived without HMRC taking an interest in them.

[the pips]

I've recently bought a jacket through them for £140, the best price I'd found in the UK was £280! Unfortunately duty was charged and UPS wanted their pound of flesh as well so ultimately the jacket set me back £210. I'm happy enough about that but would have delighted not to have paid the duty.
One other thing to be wary of is returns. As far as I can tell you won't be able to get a refund on duty paid in the UK and you may have duty to pay in Europe as well.
I've also bought a new helmet from Chromeburner in NL. No duty payable as it's safety equipment so I saved a huge chunk of money.

[Krikkit]

the pips said:

I've also bought a new helmet from Chromeburner in NL. No duty payable as it's safety equipment so I saved a huge chunk of money.

Same here - if the boots are treated the same way you'll be golden

[FatboyKim]

Bought an AGV helmet from them recently. £400 everywhere else, but £269 from Motocard. Was expecting to get an import/customs bill before it was released, but didn't. As you say... equipment used wholly and exclusively for safety purposes.

[voyager600]

I cant say about Motocard. I bought some gloves from FC Moto in Germany and that transaction went smoothly - No customs duty paid and a about 10 days delivery.
I bought some Brembo discs and pads from an Ebay seller in Italy. I had to pay the agent (DHL) the duty. Never the less there were no issues and end to end the deal was 14 days which was nice :-)

[lazybike]

I bought a couple of new helmets from Motocard, the price you see is the price you pay, worth checking on one of those coupon sites as I got an additional £10 off, mine shipped on the 3rd and arrived on the 10th.