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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Chris,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for all info about British customs and VAT
which is 25% here. The only reason for my input to the reflector was to alert
importers of TAPR products to Sweden that different customs services in the same
country use apparently different customs ID-numbers for product classification
which entails varying duties and amount of VAT for different
importers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>vy 73 and have a nice weekend</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SM6OMH Willi</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=chris@vspl.co.uk href="mailto:chris@vspl.co.uk">Chris Smith</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 16, 2009 11:25
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hpsdr] Mercury
arrived</DIV>
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<DIV>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</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW Parcel Force would deliver on a Saturday for an additional
£12!!!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>Don't know if that was what you were looking for?</DIV>
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<DIV>73</DIV>
<DIV>Chris G4NUX</DIV>
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<DIV>On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:50, Willi Reppel wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and hope to have the Atlas/Ozy/Penny/Mercury
unit opera-tional soon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For importers of Mercury and other TAPR
products it may be interesting to compare customs which are charged to you
with those charged to </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel lucky to meet Mercury and
companions at the end of a radiotic life.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>vy 73 es gl de</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SM6OMH Willi</FONT></DIV>
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