[Elecraft] Re: Customs

Fri Oct 25 11:05:00 2002

Mario wrote:
> That is BS. The Elecraft product range, properly declared, IS already
> duty-free. What needs to be done is to find *affordable* *honest*
> parcel carriers, that do not compete by offering lower prices to big
> carriers (eg. USPS) and setting this up in hidden costs to the customer.
>
> Mario

Sorry, I did not reply sooner, I've been busy importing a load of stuff from
US and Canada.

Anyway....Nnnnot quite on the BS... you forgot VAT. How many items have you
imported this year from the US/Canada? VAT outweighs my cost of shipping by
100%.  THAT is the point for me..

The general rule of thumb for import from US is take the dollar price and
add 50%. Sometimes it is better than that, sometimes worse.

The point I'm trying to make is that if I paid in non-currency bananas for
imported items , then VAT on $0 is zero.

Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Lorenz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Customs

> Am 23. Oct 2002, um 17:53:12 schrieb [email protected]:
> > Mario wrote:
> >
> > >As for the customs, she asked why I'd make a fuss about
> > >that little ammount of customs.
> >
> > What we need to do is redefine the entire elecraft range as items which
> > attract low import duty. For example a K1 could be described as burnable
> > silicon grade I. And a K2 could be burnable silicon Grade II.
>
> That is BS. The Elecraft product range, properly declared, IS already
> duty-free. What needs to be done is to find *affordable* *honest*
> parcel carriers, that do not compete by offering lower prices to big
> carriers (eg. USPS) and setting this up in hidden costs to the customer.
>
> Mario
>
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