[hpsdr] Is anyone doing a Hermes Mini-Circuits group buy

[Reid Campbell]

Morning All,

Here is an update after I talked to Mini-Circuits UK on the phone. Their 
web site is not the most friendly when it comes to trying to work out 
costs and you only get the final cost when you have accepted their terms 
and conditions. By that stage you have already had to put in your credit 
card details, so I didn't want to go any further in case I was committed 
to a £600 buy.

The down side of all this is that the price I was originally shown when 
it asked for my credit card didn't include VAT or shipping (No free 
shipping on £600!!!). This would take the cost to £38.50 (~$62).

It's maybe a better option to ship individually from the states as that 
would bring the cost down to ~$40 and you would also get a better break 
on the price taking the order as a whole. Also VAT would not be payable 
if the value of the item was marked as below £15 (~$24).

There is another option where I was the European distributor and I 
received one parcel and broke it up into smaller packages. I have done 
that in the past for the Scotty spectrum analyser but the issue then is 
the VAT on entry to the UK. As the package would have to be insured, its 
true value would have to be indicated on the declaration.

Food for though.

Cheers

Reid (Gi8TME/Mi0BOT)



On 18/10/2012 22:15, Reid Campbell wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I went on the Mini-Circuits UK web site to check prices for an 
> European group buy. I reckon that £33 would cover the cost including 
> VAT, P&P and Paypal fees. I just need to confirm with Mini-Circuits 
> that their prices did include VAT.
>
> This was based on 20 people in the buy and would avoid the 
> administration fees in collecting VAT on entry into the EU. I was 
> charged ~£13 (£5 Vat + £8 collection fee) for my Hermes board.
>
> Hopefully this will help with the over all group buy decision.
>
> There is also confusion over the need for 2 RLP-50+ filters or 1 
> RLP-50+ and a RLP-40+. Looking at the schematics, the Tx path has a 
> RLP-40+ but the BOM that I down loaded describes 2 RLP-50+.
>
> Cheers
>
> Reid.
>
>
> On 18/10/2012 21:42, Doug W5WC wrote:
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>> Hi Ulrich,
>>
>> That is a very generous offer. Currently we do not have a main point of
>> contact for you. We also need to determine if there should be a separate
>
>> European group purchase.
>>
>> The RLP-40+ filter is not available from Mini-Circuits until 30 October.
>
>>
>> 73,
>> Doug
>> W5WC
>>
>>
>
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