[hpsdr] Metis pays customs

[Neal Campbell]

The cost of the tariff is just part of the overall price of the product for
you to consider before you purchase. I would hate for TAPR to be spending
any time on these issues when they have scarce resources already!

73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
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On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jeremy McDermond <mcdermj at xenotropic.com>wrote:

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> On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:25 AM, Maximo EA1DDO_HK1DX wrote:
>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got a notice to pay customs to clear and receive my Metis.
> >
> > £ 39.15 VAT
> > £  8.00 clearance fee
> >
> > £ 47.15 total
> >
> > It is around $ 75.00 USD
> >
> > I am not sure if everybody got same but, next time we could do something
> different  to avoid that extra expense... for example sending the invoice
> separately, and send the card as "gift", for example.
>
> I'm more than happy to help explore possibilities, but what you're
> proposing is likely illegal under the mail fraud statute (18 USC § 1341).
>  Doing so could subject not only TAPR but the officers and board members to
> criminal sanctions.
>
> > 73, Maximo - EA1DDO/G
>
> --
> Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
> Xenotropic Systems
> mcdermj at xenotropic.com
>
>
>
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