[hpsdr] Mercury arrived

[Chris Smith]

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:

> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>
> 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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