Help! being asked to pay £100 customs duty and import VAT on my own effing jacket

[editor]

That's a coat not a jacket.

You may want to call it a coat but just about everywhere else calls it a jacket. So that's what I call it.

Jacket

1. an outer garment extending either to the waist or the hips, typically having sleeves and a fastening down the front.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I'm sure they're going to be anti-climatic after the big story, but here's the one I left in San Diego and is now lost in transit for eternity:

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And here's the one I bought. The jacket is exactly the same but the pattern is slightly different. Curiously, the new jacket has orange lining too.
I like the jacket because the top pocket can accommodate my Sony full frame compact which is handy for keeping it out of sight in dodgy neighbourhoods.

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And you can hide in shrubbery and what not in said neighbourhoods.

 

[Gaia]

I'm sure they're going to be anti-climatic after the big story, but here's the one I left in San Diego and is now lost in transit for eternity:

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And here's the one I bought. The jacket is exactly the same but the pattern is slightly different. Curiously, the new jacket has orange lining too.
I like the jacket because the top pocket can accommodate my Sony full frame compact which is handy for keeping it out of sight in dodgy neighbourhoods.

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Not orange, more of a mustard, I'd say (colour pedant here). Your original puts me in mind of those khaki jackets that were ubiquitous in the '80s, with orange-lined hoods with faux fur trim. Wossisname off of Grange Hill always wore one (Zammo…?).

 

[rekil]

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Spoiler

 

[Gromit]

Whose coat that jacket?

 

[BristolEcho]

It's going to get lost in the post isn't it?

 

[Proper Tidy]

I'm sure they're going to be anti-climatic after the big story, but here's the one I left in San Diego and is now lost in transit for eternity:

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And here's the one I bought. The jacket is exactly the same but the pattern is slightly different. Curiously, the new jacket has orange lining too.
I like the jacket because the top pocket can accommodate my Sony full frame compact which is handy for keeping it out of sight in dodgy neighbourhoods.

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Where are the jackets, can't see them

 

[DexterTCN]

I'm sure they're going to be anti-climatic after the big story, but here's the one I left in San Diego and is now lost in transit for eternity:

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And here's the one I bought. The jacket is exactly the same but the pattern is slightly different. Curiously, the new jacket has orange lining too.
I like the jacket because the top pocket can accommodate my Sony full frame compact which is handy for keeping it out of sight in dodgy neighbourhoods.

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You'e spent all this time moaning about a fucking parka?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Where are the jackets, can't see them

 

[editor]

It's going to get lost in the post isn't it?

Arrived safely a couple of days ago

 

[extra dry]

Arrived safely a couple of days ago

Photo? And check for tampering

 

[skyscraper101]

Are we talking about the new jacket arriving? Or the old one now? I'm confused?

 

[editor]

Are we talking about the new jacket arriving? Or the old one now? I'm confused?

The old jacket is lost. Gone. Doomed to forever be flown across the Atlantic and back. Possibly.
But I managed to track down a near identical brand new version which cost less than the custom fees, and has safely arrived. So I am happy.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I used to buy vintage dress patterns from the states on Etsy but gave up after I started getting stung this way. Once you've paid the shipping, which also seems to have become disproportionately expensive, plus customs etc, you can end up paying over £30 for a £7 pattern.

And this is basically a second hand piece of paper

For vintage patterns, I've found this helpful:

Vintage Sewing Patterns