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  1. #1
    Join Date: Oct 2008

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    I'm Gary.

    Default Fcuking Brexit!

    Ordered a power supply from Netherlands,
    FedEx contacted me,

    Fee's of £173 to pay before they will deliver it.
    FFS

    Any Tory voters on AOS,
    please don't contact me.
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  2. #2
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    Flippin eck mate, that's very steep

    Good luck for tomorrow BTW
    Regards
    Brian

    Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment . (Rumi )


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  3. #3
    Join Date: Oct 2008

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    company website says “includes free international delivery”
    I’ve emailed him back with tracking info from FedEx, see what he comes back with.
    I know it’s at our end, but maybe honour the free delivery and pay the fees?

    here’s hoping.

    and
    Cheers Brian
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Welcome to the sunlit uplands mate. ☹️
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ali Tait View Post
    Welcome to the sunlit uplands mate. ☹️
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    the vast majority of it will be VAT which you would have paid anyway.

    The only extra will be the duty (probably 3%), VAT on the shipping charges and the clearance charge (£12 or £18).

    You could have bought a power supply in the UK, it's just a traffo and some caps in a box when all's said and done.
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    I stopped buying anything from Europe a year or so ago when I got my fingers burnt with some bullshit charges. Every EU country now has its own rules and regulations and you can be hit with an array of bollocks from customs charges, VAT, shipping etc and probably other red tape crap if you try and import some items.
    Last edited by Jimbo; 16-08-2022 at 08:23.
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    Well you could have sourced it from the UK and kept people here employed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by prestonchipfryer View Post
    Well you could have sourced it from the UK and kept people here employed.
    Maybe - but a lot of stuff even from a Brit firm, is not made in the UK. As it is Gary may still be keeping people employed, chasing up fairly pointless paperwork etc. Just different kinds of employment.
    Dave

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    New vat and import rules are nothing to do with Brexit, they were coming in anyway.

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