adamslim;149555 Wrote:
If I order a Transporter in the UK from a local distributor, does it
come with the SB3 bundled for £1,299? Do I get the same 30-day trial
period?
Conversely, if I order direct from Slim in the US, do I have vast
amounts of duty and VAT to pay? I imagine that duty
You pay 17.5% VAT on the invoiced cost plus an £11 (+VAT) processing fee
to UPS for each shipment. If you return it to the US that's
non-refundable and you'll also have shipping costs to pay.
UPS drivers can take both cheques and CC on delivery.
PS. Don't expect UPS to calcuate the fees
Patrick Dixon;149571 Wrote:
You pay 17.5% VAT on the invoiced cost plus an £11 (+VAT) processing fee
to UPS for each shipment. If you return it to the US that's
non-refundable and you'll also have shipping costs to pay.
OK, so if I buy from Slim direct, then the 'free' trial costs shipping,
Well that explains why UPS wouldn't deliver my mobile phone when it went
to the UK for repair. I got a call from the manufacturer and they said
UPS wanted another 20 pounds to deliver the package. Being that my
employer was paying the tab I agreed, but it was always a mystery to me
as to why on
So if I ship an item to the UK for repair, how do I label it so that I
don't end up paying taxes on it?
Used merchandise to be repaired and returned to sender
Tom
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The VAT hurts doesn't it?
But at least you have universal health care and ( a very big plus) you
don't have Bush :-)
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When I worked out the costs, using 17.5% VAT (which of course you still
have to pay on the locally supplied ones) and a 5% import duty it still
worked out cheaper to get it from the States (at the current exchange
rate). It also appears that at the moment you may get it quicker if
ordered
tomjtx;149590 Wrote:
The VAT hurts doesn't it?
But at least you have universal health care and ( a very big plus) you
don't have Bush :-)
Yeah, thats the bonus of giving your wife an epilator for christmas...
:)
(Sorry, I know its naughty but I couldn't resist!)
Nic
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DrNic;149630 Wrote:
Yeah, thats the bonus of giving your wife an epilator for christmas...
:)
(Sorry, I know its naughty but I couldn't resist!)
Nic
If only an epilator would solve our problems this side of the pond (
and I'm from Texas, were not all stupid:-)
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