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Subject: [Leica] WTB : Leica 21mm f2.8 ASPH in silver (UK)
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:09:34 +0800

Nathan,

Thanks for all the theoretical bits which I am well versed.  You play the
academic/lawyer and I am the businessman.

I just make sure my UK customers don't have to pay import duties and VAT.

Joseph


On 18/04/2010 12:57 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Joseph (and others),
> 
> When someone resident in the EU buys something from a merchant outside the 
> EU,
> the rule is that the recipient must pay his local VAT on delivery, plus any
> duty that may be applicable. In the case of photo equipment, the duty is
> small: something like 4% on bodies and nothing on lenses, or the other way
> round. The VAT is much more substantial, e.g. 17.5% in the UK if I am not
> mistaken.
> 
> It is the job of the delivery company to collect the VAT and duty. Now,
> sometimes I have been lucky and the post office has simply delivered the
> product to me without any charges. This has happened both in the 
> Netherlands
> and (much more frequently :-)) here in Spain. But it is an act of 
> negligence
> on their part, albeit one in which I happily acquiesce :-)
> 
> The private delivery companies like UPS or Fedex are much less likely to
> commit such an act of negligence, and they often charge additional fees for
> doing the customs paperwork. For that reason, whenever I buy from the US, I
> specify the USPS as the carrier and will simply not do business with 
> merchants
> who insist on using UPS etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Joseph Yao wrote:
> 
>> What Import Duties?
>> 
>> I have been selling photo equipment to the UK for over ten years and none 
>> of
>> my customers has ever had to pay import duties or VAT.
>> 
>> I am sure fellow UK LUGger Jem Kime can confirm.
>> 
>> Joseph
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/04/2010 12:48 AM, "Eric Calderwood" <eric.calderwood at 
>> btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I contacted the seller yesterday, however with him being in Canada and
>>> Import Duties etc being what they are here in the UK it would make it a
>>> rather expensive proposition, otherwise I would have already snapped it 
>>> up.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Eric
>> 
>> 
>> 
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