[hpsdr] Mercury arrived

[Chris Smith]

Hi Roger

That's not good. I wondered if the $362 was the non-member price but  
that is $366. I wonder why it had been 'corrected' upwards and by whom?

I still don't understand the imposition of VAT on shipping especially  
if the package comes from outside the EU.

I'm afraid I have no idea what the rules are but I believe (without  
any conviction!) that kits are VAT exempt simply on the strength of  
one item I bought from Australia about 3 years ago where the seller  
put words to the effect 'electronic kit for educational purposes' on  
the customs declaration.

Chris G4NUX


On 17 Jan 2009, at 13:42, Roger Hayter wrote:

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> Chris,
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> 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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