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  1. 16-08-2022, 18:30 #21
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    BIG RED BUS
    (and we fell for it)

    Conversation with the Seller,
    great comms so far and I was (to be honest) taking a bit of a punt putting extra cost it back to Him...

    Handled it with grace,
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    So ponied up the Import charges.
    Thanks Boris.

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  2. 16-08-2022, 18:32 #22
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    it was a total con brexit...
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    At 20% flat import rate (just found this out) the costs make more sense...
    Still:
    Fcuks sake.


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    £173 fees seems steep. £150 odd tax and duty if it was £500 odd quid is to be expected, as was said above you pay vat anyway it's just more obvious when you're charged separately, and I agree the fees on top are frustrating.

    If you have been charged VAT on the purchase already that's the retailer's fault not Brexit.

    Really in a competitive economy you should be able to choose the courier with the lowest fee structure for the purchase you make but in practice a retailer will only work with one. The competitive pressure then has to come from customers shopping elsewhere to reduce the fees, and there being enough UK customers for the retailer to care.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    At 20% flat import rate (just found this out) the costs make more sense...
    Still:
    Fcuks sake.
    That sounds high for the duty, the VAT will be 20 percent though, maybe there is a mix-up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    BIG RED BUS
    (and we fell for it)

    Conversation with the Seller,
    great comms so far and I was (to be honest) taking a bit of a punt putting extra cost it back to Him...

    Handled it with grace,
    Good conversation about British stupidity, (my topic not his) and things being the bad way they were.

    So ponied up the Import charges.
    Thanks Boris.

    Buying from UK in future, Supercapacitors or not...
    I didn't, nor did anyone else who had an ounce of common sense.

    But that aside, I'm glad you got things sorted out. Can you tell us the name of the power supply?
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  6. 16-08-2022, 21:42 #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Dixon View Post
    To the OP, what you can do is to make sure the EU supplier is charging you the ex-local VAT price. Otherwise you will be paying their VAT and UK VAT on the same purchase.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I didn't, nor did anyone else who had an ounce of common sense.

    But that aside, I'm glad you got things sorted out. Can you tell us the name of the power supply?
    Me neither,
    'Never Trust a Tory'

    Sure,

    Farad Super 3,
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    The 'Tech Talk' section on their Site is pretty interesting
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    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
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