Hi, It's been an interesting discussion. As a naturalized US citizen I am fully aware how privileged we are in this country buying equipment of any kind, imported or not. I just went through the motions of ordering the VX-8R from Universal Radio except the final step of actually placing the order. My final price shipped UPS ground (5 days typical) to my New York home is $369.90. There is a 9.95$ shipping charge but then there is currently a $20 coupon applied by Universal. No sales tax since Universal does no business in NY. Even in the few cases where sales tax applies, it's a "mere" 7-9%. I do feel bad for my fellow hams in most other countries who are not as fortunate.
AB2TC - Knut Julian, G4ILO wrote: > > It's really a dream. There are so many hid of all sortsden costs that much > of the saving gets eaten up by the time the product gets here. I just did > a quick example of a Yaesu VX-8R, listed by Universal Radio at $379. Add > on say $50 for international shipping. That comes to GBP 268 (£1 = $1.60) > You'll be charged 17.5% VAT on arrival here plus a GBP 13 tax collection > fee bringing the total to GBP 328. Nevada Radio is selling the EU version > (VX-8E) for GBP 338. So ten quid gets you the EU version plus a locally > supported warranty. > <snip> > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Disgrunteled-Japanese-tp4250692p4252918.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
