Originally Posted by kam187

You will ALWAYS get a VAT invoice if its declared for the normal amount. There is no 'getting lucky' about it.

The only time you can 'get lucky' is if you declare it as a gift OR the acompanying customs declaration is of a lesser amount. In that case they will still scan it and could catch it and still bill you.

Google will always declare the phone for the value it is and that it is a comercial sale as they legally should. So customs will never ignore that and let you off. The stories on the internet about 'getting lucky' when the phone came direct from google are just people who havnt got their invoices yet or are lying.