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Notification of selected road test reviewers

Hi All,

How would you like to be notified of being selected as a road tester?

 

Note : This poll may have absolutley no bearing on what actually happens. It's for my persoanl interest more than anything.

Cheers

Warren.

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  • in reply to awneil

    I think, to be fair, that for some countries there is no way around paying VAT or import duties. If I recall correctly  a sample or gift over GBP 36.00 is subject to duty and VAT and then to complicate matters, if it is less than GBP 18.00 it is free of duty and VAT.

     

    Where I currently live, I am fortunate that anything less than AU$ 1000 is GST free (privately imported), though that may change.

  • in reply to bodgy

    NO:  some companies manage to this right - so that VAT is not payable by the addressee -  and some don't.

     

    In fact, I think that Element-14 sometimes get it right, and sometimes get it wrong.

     

    It's a matter of filling in the paperwork correctly - whether it's a "sale" or a "free sample" (presumably differs from a "gift"?)

     

    Plus, when the VAT is collected by the carrier, they will also levy a fee - which can be more than the VAT itself!

     

    Really, it's just a matter of Element-14 getting their procedures  straight...

  • in reply to bodgy

    Again, other companies manage to get it right,  and even Farnell sometimes get it right - so it must be an administrative issue at Farnell/Element-14.

     

    And, again, if Farnell intend it to be "subject to local taxes", that's no big deal;  just so long as they make it clear that this is what they intend - and are consistent about it.