[hpsdr] Metis pays customs

[Maximo EA1DDO_HK1DX]

Hi,

It is fine. If all of you are happy paying customs, clearance  fees and extra stuff, it is fine for me too.

Just I let you know that sometimes I buy items on E-Bay and abroad and most of them are comming as "gift" or "sample" or just lower than real value. Seller gets full payment, buyer pays "original price" and seller saves extra fees.
It could be $25.00 as someone stated before or even "sample, not commercial" or gift, what it is legal.

73, Maximo - EA1DDO/G



                                               




> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Metis pays customs
> From: mcdermj at xenotropic.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:36:01 -0700
> CC: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> To: ea1ddo at hotmail.com
> 
> On Mar 15, 2011, at 5:25 AM, Maximo EA1DDO_HK1DX wrote:
> 
> > ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> > 
> > 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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