<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Willi<div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>BTW Parcel Force would deliver on a Saturday for an additional £12!!!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Don't know if that was what you were looking for?</div><div><br></div><div>73</div><div>Chris G4NUX</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:50, Willi Reppel wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff">***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****<br><br><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi all,</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><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><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">vy 73 es gl de</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">SM6OMH Willi</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>