peter green a écrit : > >Was wondering if anyone on here had imported a sheevaplug into the UK yet? > > > >Wanting to know if you got charged vat/import tax/any other extra > costs? As I was considering (changing) sending it to a place of work > rather than my personal address.. > > I don't have any experiance with the sheevaplug in particular but here > is some general info. > > Officially they are supposed to charge you VAT if it's over a certain > threshold (£18 IIRC) and customs duty if it's over another higher > threshold (I don't remembers how high) . In practice that won't always > be the case. Sometimes senders lie about the value of thier packages and > sometimes packages just seem to slip through even with correct > declarations. If VAT or duty is charged the carrier will almost > certainly charge a handling fee as well. > > My educated guess given the sheevaplugs size and value is that you > probablly will get charged for importing a sheevaplug from a reputable > vendor in the USA. >
FYI I had to pay around 30 EUR (VAT + fees) to Fedex importing the Sheevaplug to France. I guess you can expect the same for UK. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
