[Bulk] Re: [Elecraft] Import duties on amateur radio items

[David Woolley (E.L)]

Darrell Bellerive wrote:
> I can't address this for the EU, but when importing into Canada, the 
> Government only charges taxes on the value of the goods, not the shipping and 
> handling.

How do they cope with the common EBay tactic of putting the markup on 
the shipping cost to make the price of the goods look low?  For that 
sort of reason, the UK tactic of considering shipping for commercial 
transactions, and ignoring it for gifts, makes sense.


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