At 13:32 17/07/01 , Gerard Maas wrote:
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>For example if a friend of mine in USA buys the items for
>me and sends them with private post, will it be considered as a
>commercial item? Could I be prosecuted for such thing? Have somebody
>tried?? (I won't tell :-) :-)
Hi Gerard,
I have tried that into the UK from USA. The sender even plastered 'Happy
Birthday' stickers on the package. This did not fool the UK Customs &
Excise man and I had to pay about 25% extra taxes on the item. It is a
shame that we have to pay these extra taxes on goods bought abroad as B&H
prices are very competitive, in the UK we just substitute the $ for �'s,
i.e. $500=�500. I now only buy items from the EC as there are no additional
payments between member countries.
You could always try it out in Belgium but I am not sure you will succeed.
Good Luck,
Bob
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