Re: Roomba Update

["paul_watkin" <paul_watkin@xxxxxxx>]

One thing I got caught for on a recent US spending spree was that the
credit card companies charge a fee on international purchases and
some of them can be as high as 5%, which make a difference to the
person organising this if they buy a few!!!

Paul


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...> wr= ote:
> Peter,
>
> In order to work out the landed price, you do the following:
>
> - Take the US price
>
> - Add postage and packing
>
> - Add the import duty (yes - you really pay import duty on the P&P= )
>
> - Add the VAT on top (yes - you really pay VAT on import duty!)
>
> - Add a handling charge from the courier
>
> Goods price, and P&P you hopefully know.
>
> To find out the duty rate, you'll need to phone the HMC&E helpline=
on 0845 010 9000
> - they are very helpful - if you explain what the goods are,
they'll give you the duty rate AND the duty code - if possible, the
vendor will put this code on the package
>
> VAT is 17.5%
>
> The handling fee, which the courier will charge you in addition to the shipping cost, is normally a tenner.
>
> ... then add the costs of shipping inside the UK to the ultimate
recipients.
>
> What we've generally managed on past BBs is that, when one's taken all this into account, for BBs, a $200 sale price item in the States,
will be =A3200 delivered, duty paid in the UK...
>
> So, if you can get a 10% discount, then that'll work out about =A3200 =
per item, including delivery to the end user's house.
>
> M.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@b...]
> Sent: 22 October 2002 20:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] Roomba Update
>
>
> All
>
> I'm finally making progress with the US suppliers, and am just
waiting for
> confirmation of shipping costs.  I know others have already done =
this sort
> of thing, so can someone let me know the import tax/duty we'd have to pay on
> these things, so that I can work out a final cost?
>
> Currently the best discount I can get is 10%, but I'm still trying to up
> this to at least 12.5%.  They currently have stock, but will be <= BR> getting
> another large delivery in around 4/11, so that's the date I'd be
working to
> to get all the payments sorted out.  The company I'm speaking to =
ships over
> 2000 of these a month, so they don't really need to offer much of a > discount!
>
> One obvious consideration is that the charger is a US style 2-pin
jobbie -
> I'm trying to confirm whether it's a multi-voltage one, or, if not, what the
> output is.
>
> I'll keep you posted...
>
> Pete
>
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