~£25 would be quite good.. Though, I'm suspect it may be more Although, I'm sure someone sent me a link saying that the UK tax/vat/duty/whatever import limits had been increased to £100...
We shall see! Thanks Sam -----Original Message----- From: Aurelien Jarno [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 June 2009 16:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Importing SheevaPlugs into the UK 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] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
