[Elecraft] UK import duty

[David Pratt]

My guess is that you win some and lose some, David. I was surprised that 
I didn't even have pay the VAT on my 30/80m & firmware KX1 upgrade even 
thought the UK cost was more than the £18 limit for merchandise.  I am 
not complaining, but the best of luck in your own pursuit.

73 de David G4DMP

In a recent message, David Andrews <music.man at zetnet.co.uk> said....
>This has been mentioned from time to time but still caused a problem when I
>ordered a KX1 kit recently. Elecraft's documentation is correct and
>perfectly clear - one of the commodity codes was 8529 9040 00. UK Customs
>truncated this to 8529 90 and charged import duty at 3%. If you don't pay,
>you can't get your parcel. Then the fun begins, because had all 8 (or10)
>digits been taken into account, no duty was payable. I'm waiting to see if I
>get a refund, but why do they still get the wrong answer?