So Kev what did you buy and how many times were the products you bought confiscated.
What difference does that make? The allowance for importing into the UK is around £400 of goods for
personal use. So if you bring an X Jet in they will ask for an invoice and if it is under £400 they may let you through but the chances are I am assuming Mike intends to go through Red to Declare then they will ask
1. Do you understand your personal allowances?
2. Why have you come through Red.
Because I bought an X Jet, and a couple of various Gun Nozzles and 9 connectors etc
What are they for?
My pressure washer
What do you do for a living?
I clean carpets, pressure wash drives, and clean the odd winda
So these goods are for commercial use then Sir?
You said you understood your Personal import allowance? These goods are not personal are they?
Get the picture? This is not Barcelona which is in the EU this is the USA and it's not in the EU.
I bought my Daughter an IPAD on my last visit to the USA which saved her over £200 on UK price. I had room in my suitcase for about 40 of them! Why do you think I didn't buy them? Because that would have been a commercial import or Smuggling if I had tried to get through without declaring them.
I import goods from all over the World especially from th USA trust me when I tell you I know what I am alking about. But hey ho it doesn't bother me one jot what anyone tries to import
For further bedtime reading here you go
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-goods-from-outside-the-eu