As from Dec. 1st the allowed amount will be EURO 150 if you order
something outside the EU.
If you take it with you when entering the EU you can bring a total of
EURO 450 without paying custom duties or VAT.
Now it is EURO 22 and EURO 150.
If you have to pay VAT you pay it over the value of the goods + the
shipping costs. Plus add the handling by the customs agent. This is
usually between Euro 15 and 20.
Henk
David Woolley (E.L) schreef:
AD6XY wrote:
And the effect of Ebay... But it is a real problem for us overseas
people.
Many firms will not ship abroad at all and others insist on using
expensive
couriers, even for items only costing a few $. My recent problem
trying to
get a 15-way cable for example. It would cost $10 for the cable and
$60 to
ship it, and that is before customs charges.
In that example, shipping in a jiffy bag would have avoided the
customs and customs clearance charges as well, as you are currently
allowed GBP 18 including shipping costs (I believe this is going up to
around GBP 100 at the end of the year).
Incidentally, for someone in the UK, I have found that Germany is a
good place to source accessories. UK vendors seem not to advertise
small accessories, or ones for older models. The German vendors don't
seem to fall into the everything gets courier prices trap. The one
downside is that some of them do not take plastic, but expect a Euros
bank transfer. That immediately adds GBP 15 to the cost. I did find
one that had the parts I wanted and did take plastic/Paypal. There
are no customs duties for imports, to the UK, from Germany. You do
have to pay VAT, but that is paid as part of the price to the vendor.
I believe Elecraft will ship small items by cheap methods, but it
would help if they actually provided details on the web site, even
though they may well not charge the international courier rates for
them. I'm reluctant to consider any of the small kits on add ons
because I don't know the shipping cost (I'm also waiting for the
customs exemption limits to rise).
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