[SunRescue] Re: UK VAT/Duty

Alistair MacDonald rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Feb 27 13:11:59 CST 2001


=== bobkeys at weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu 02/27/01 05:13PM 
>For the sake of discussion, what is the best way to send someone in
>England or Sweden, for example, a junk computer board you pulled out
>of surplus scrap that cost you maybe 1 US dollar?  Most of the time
>we swap these things for free, or at most 5 or 10 bucks.  Yet, some
>of the commercial parts mongers may try to sell them for 50-100 dollars
>or more.
>[...]
>What to scribble where on the customs forms?

$1 - that was the cost. 

I've also had things that are sent to me free list the price as a nominal $10 since some people get suspicious of items that cost too little.

Alistair





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