RE: GRRR :-( HM Customs

["Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>]

Yep,

VAT £15-80
ParcelFarce £11-25

It only weighs 1lb 7oz.

And it is a £20 toy.....with a £45 development tool :-)

It is even smaller than I thought it would be.....will be testing it very
soon.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 February 2002 13:35
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] GRRR :-( HM Customs


Keith,

You'll probably find that, of the £27.05 that Parcelfarce charged you,
only £17.05 was Duty/VAT. The rest was an "administration fee" on
their
part!

Also - be fair, it wasn't a £20 toy you ordered - it was a £65 one ;-)

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:lists.diyha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 February 2002 12:46
To: UKHA Discussion (E-mail)
Subject: [ukha_d] GRRR :-( HM Customs


Peaved is not the word......

Got a call from home today to say that my Siteplayer module had arrived.
www.siteplayer.com

Originally I was just going to get the module for $30 but opted for the
full
development kit at $99.95.

P&P was an additional $35 making a total of £94.78 approx. Before the
Parcel
Force operative would release his sweaty mits from my parcel, Sharon had
to
stump up £27-05 for flaming Customs duty.

This means that what started life as a £20-00 (approx) toy to see if I
can
web enable KAT5 has ended up costing me a grand total of almost £125.

Agreed I actually bought more than just the module, but total for all
the
stuff I ordered was only £69-94.

Apparently because the package was marked with a value of $100 it was
liable, but it was actually 5 cents less than that :-(

If this turns out to be as useful as I think it will be I need to find a
UK
supplier.

Keith



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