[hpsdr] Mercury arrived

[rihob., es7aaz]

Hi,

you may start browsing here and get all info you need, please:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/dds/tarhome_en.htm

TARIC code for HPSDR parts was 85299097 90

I personally think that 3% is not worth arguing with them.
You will not get much lower tax rate.


73's from Estonia,
Riho, ES7AAZ



Roger Hayter wrote:
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> Chris,
> 
> I did much less well than you!  For a start the price on the customs 
> label has been corrected (who knows where) by hand to the correct price 
> including carriage, which is actually the way VAT is supposed to be 
> worked out.  This is $362 rather than $329.  I haven't got the exchange 
> rate they used, but I was charged £36.21 VAT (suggesting £241.40 which 
> is about right at $1.50 to the £).  However I have also been charged 
> import duty of £8.61 as well as the collection fee of £8, making a total 
> of £52.82.  I wonder if it is worth me arguing with them, do you know 
> the import duty rules for amateur radio sub-assemblies?
> 
> Roger GW8BFO
> 
> 
> 
> In message <20090116102503.06AE58039 at diego.dreamhost.com>, Chris Smith 
> <chris at vspl.co.uk> writes
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>> Willi
>>
>> Here in UK I have only ever been charged VAT on items over a certain
>> value *PLUS* Parcel Force charge £8 for administering the deal. So, for
>> instance, Mercury arrived about a week ago with a quoted value of $329
>> which converted to approx £232.80. The VAT rate in UK is currently 15%
>> (down from 17.5% in an attempt to combat the credit crunch!) so the VAT
>> was £32.92 plus £8 Parcel Force administration charge = £42.92
>>
>> BTW Parcel Force would deliver on a Saturday for an additional £
>> 12!!!!!!
>>
>> Don't know if that was what you were looking for?
>>
>> 73
>> Chris G4NUX
>>
>>
>> On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:50, Willi Reppel wrote:
>>
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>>  Hi all,
>>   
>>  During the past weeks I opened  the mail box several times a day and
>>  hoped to find Mercury. Last not least it arrived today and I
>>  downloaded the most recent svn with Tortoise
>>  and hope to have the Atlas/Ozy/Penny/Mercury unit opera-tional soon.
>>  For importers of Mercury and other TAPR products it may be
>>  interesting to compare customs which are charged to you with those 
>>  charged to other importers in the same country. A friend of mine had
>>  to pay a substantially higher amount because his customs agent used
>>  a  different customs identification number for the same TAPR
>>  product.
>>  I feel lucky to meet Mercury and companions at the end of  a
>>  radiotic life.
>>   
>>  vy 73 es gl de
>>   
>>  SM6OMH  Willi
>>   
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