[LargeFormat] Import duty and VAT ON Ebay purchases

[Les Newcomer]

My experiences will be useless.... I've bought stuff on ebay from =
England,
  Germany, Australia, and Austria, and I did a retail purchase over the =
net=20
from the Netherlands.

All of the ebay purchases were small in size, the largest was a nixie =
tube=20
clock I bought though Germany and the package was roughly 12x12x16".  =
the=20
retail purchase was several kitchen knives.

All were tossed in my mailbox or on my porch when I got home. No men in=20=

dark glasses and suits with an earphone in one ear ever asked me to=20
contribute to the federal government.  I fully expected the knives to =
get=20
hit, but they went from there to Detroit in 4 days.....faster than most =
of=20
my ebay purchases that travel 1/4 of the distance.


On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 11:53 AM, Hornford, Dave wrote:

> I'm in Canada and have purchased many things from the US on eBay.
> It is standard on import to pay all normal sales tax as if the sale =
had=20
> taken place in the country. Normally tax legislation like this is =
written=20
> with the purchaser having the obligation to pay the tax.
>
> I get hit with Canada's 7% Goods & Services Tax (GST) plus $5 =
processing=20
> fee coming across the border. My sour point is with UPS, UPS Ground =
hits=20
> me with an extra fee to carry a box across the border.
>
> As a public policy point it is done to protect your domestic economy.
>
> Dave Hornford
> "To perceive an image is to participate in a forming process: it is a=20=

> creative act."
> --Gyorgy Kepes
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon press [mailto:jwalker106@yahoo.com]
> Sent: March 6, 2003 12:21 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Import duty and VAT ON Ebay purchases
>
>
> I'm based in the UK, and have just received a sinar
> 5x4 camera I bought on ebay, the seller being in the
> US. The camera cost around =A3400 pounds, I then had to
> pay a further =A3100 pounds in VAT and duty, upon
> receiving the package, which I'm not very happy about.
>
> Could I please have peoples experiences of importing
> equipment, and if it is possible to avoid paying these
> fees.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
>
>
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