Re: Fujitsu Tablets : The Latest Story...

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Expect to pay 14% duty on these then VAT at 17.5% on top.

Best thing would be to get an invoice (bogus) from the seller stating that
the panels are $49 each.  Insure them for $200 each.  That way if they land
in the UK without any problems our TAX is halved, and if the shipment gets
damaged we all stand to make a profit! :o)

Simon

PS. I've done this in the past when bringing stuff from the US

----- Original Message -----
From: Gareth Cook <gcook@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 29 January 2002 17:43
Subject: [ukha_d] Fujitsu Tablets : The Latest Story...


> I've now spoken to three different places to supply these - currently
I've
> been conversing with PositiveSale.com. I have just spoken to Buck at
> www.cpetc.com, and he suggests that ALL of these units are coming
direct
> from Fujitsu - and are of the same quality.
>
> Now, I've got 5 units to come from positivesale.com, and I can
actually
> take a look there and then. It also seems that the postivesales people
may
> be in fact 1 guy on his own, and a young en at that
>
> I've spoken to the original people (featuremarketing) - they have 1700
of
> these and reckon everyone is getting the units from themselves - but
are
> ALL of the same quality. He laughed at the idea of
"excellent" quality
> units.
>
>
> SO....I'll get the 5 units in I've ordered from positivesale as a
reference
> - but the question is, should we then really go for the cheaper units
?
who
> do we believe ? I could also get another 5 units from
featuremarketing,
> again as a reference and compare the two sets.
>
> Would anyone mind if I started collating the monies on a "worst
case"
> scenario - ie costs of units + $20 / shipping (+duties, etc). Any
monies
> would be refunded as a chq WITH the shipped units.
>
> G.
>
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