Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..

Robin

> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>
> Robin
>

    17.5%

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:42:45 +0100
"RT"  wrote:

> 
> > Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> > wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
> 
>     17.5%
> 

Ba-doom-tish!

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"RT"  wrote in message 
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>> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
>> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>>
>> Robin
>>
>
>    17.5%
>

I asked how much VAT,, not what proportion of value..  ie, is the VAT 
charged on the US payment  or on a UK book value for the kit  or finished 
radio?
As if you purchase an ipod for example, vat is charged on the uk price, not 
the price that you pay in the USA.

On 29 Jun, 00:29, "Robin"  wrote:
> "RT"  wrote in message
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>
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> >> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> >> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>
> >> Robin
>
> >    17.5%
>
> I asked how much VAT,, not what proportion of value..  ie, is the VAT
> charged on the US payment  or on a UK book value for the kit  or finished
> radio?
> As if you purchase an ipod for example, vat is charged on the uk price, not
> the price that you pay in the USA.

You will pay VAT on the amount in £££ it costs you when you buy the
kit or complete radio when it is converted from Dollars, depending on
the exchange rate.
We paid just over £200 pound when it was delivered to the door.

"Robin"  wrote in message 
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> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>
> Robin

I have one and its a excellent radio-better than virtually all the rice 
boxes.    The VAT I paid was £207.

"Birds"  wrote in message 
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> "Robin"  wrote in message 
> news:4866b374$0$2531$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
>> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>>
>> Robin
>
> I have one and its a excellent radio-better than virtually all the rice 
> boxes.    The VAT I paid was £207.
>
>

Thanks, that as the info I was looking for..

Robin

On Jun 29, 10:55 am, "Birds"  wrote:
> "Robin"  wrote in message
>
> news:4866b374$0$2531$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> > Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> > wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>
> > Robin
>
> I have one and its a excellent radio-better than virtually all the rice
> boxes.    The VAT I paid was £207.

Was there a handling charge on top of that?

>>> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
>>> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>>>
>>> Robin
>>>
>>
>>    17.5%
>>
>
> I asked how much VAT,, not what proportion of value..  ie, is the VAT 
> charged on the US payment  or on a UK book value for the kit  or finished 
> radio?

You asked how much VAT was charged by the UK Gov, the answer is and always 
will be, until they put it up, 17.5%.

> As if you purchase an ipod for example, vat is charged on the uk price, 
> not the price that you pay in the USA.

Where did you hear that load of bollox, You only pay the VAT rate of 17.5% 
on the price *you paid for it* plus a handling charge by the carrier to 
retreive it out of customs on your behalf (unless it's value is less than 
£18) regardless of how much it may be offered for sale here in rip-off 
Britain.

Don't bother getting a K3, you sound to stupid to appreciate it.

"RT"  wrote in message 
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>
>> I asked how much VAT,, not what proportion of value..  ie, is the VAT 
>> charged on the US payment  or on a UK book value for the kit  or finished 
>> radio?
>
> You asked how much VAT was charged by the UK Gov, the answer is and always 
> will be, until they put it up, 17.5%.
>
>> As if you purchase an ipod for example, vat is charged on the uk price, 
>> not the price that you pay in the USA.
>
> Where did you hear that load of bollox, You only pay the VAT rate of 17.5% 
> on the price *you paid for it* plus a handling charge by the carrier to 
> retreive it out of customs on your behalf (unless it's value is less than 
> £18) regardless of how much it may be offered for sale here in rip-off 
> Britain.
>
> Don't bother getting a K3, you sound to stupid to appreciate it.
>

Erm,, My Brother in Law  purchased an ipod last year in America,  he didn't 
declare it, and was stopped by customs.  The VAT charge that they imposed 
was based on the UK retail price for the ipod, not the $160 that he had paid 
for it. ..   So it is not a load of bollox.


http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageLibrary_PublicNoticesAndInfoSheets&propertyType=document&columns=1&id=HMCE_CL_000230#P25_1501

It says that if the price charged appears too low, then the rates of VAT or 
duty can be based on the auk or European standard prices if using method 1 
or 2,   they then could use method 4 to arrive at the price based on similar 
imported goods.

That is why I was asking what the cost of VAT was for the K3..   nice to see 
such a pleasant response from someone on this newsgroup.

>
> Erm,, My Brother in Law  purchased an ipod last year in America,  he 
> didn't declare it, and was stopped by customs.  The VAT charge that they 
> imposed was based on the UK retail price for the ipod, not the $160 that 
> he had paid for it. ..   So it is not a load of bollox.
>

That's the price you pay for not declaring it you berk, if your thicko 
brother had declared it in the first place and produced a receipt then he 
would have only paid VAT on the amount that he paid for it.

If you order a K3 from the US, the seller will fill out a customs form 
stating what it is and it's value, when it get's to the UK you will be 
charged the current VAT rate of the declared value and not the value of a 
retail price in the UK.


You really are to stupid to own a K3.

In message <g49big$1ls5$1@energise.enta.net>, RT  
writes
>
>>
>> Erm,, My Brother in Law  purchased an ipod last year in America,  he
>> didn't declare it, and was stopped by customs.  The VAT charge that they
>> imposed was based on the UK retail price for the ipod, not the $160 that
>> he had paid for it. ..   So it is not a load of bollox.
>>
>
>That's the price you pay for not declaring it you berk, if your thicko
>brother had declared it in the first place and produced a receipt then he
>would have only paid VAT on the amount that he paid for it.
>
>If you order a K3 from the US, the seller will fill out a customs form
>stating what it is and it's value, when it get's to the UK you will be
>charged the current VAT rate of the declared value and not the value of a
>retail price in the UK.
>
>
>You really are to stupid to own a K3.
>
Aren't you allowed to bring in total of normal shop purchases of 
something like £125? Presumably the BiL had other things too.
-- 
Ian

HI from Ken, G4KIR,

I have one and paid £260.00 VAT on my package ( all items that were 
available for the "K3" at the time of purchase ).

"UPS" delivery by the way cost another £100.00
It took only two days to arrive from being posted at 'APTOS' CA.

Was it worth it you may ask ; You bet, cheers all Ken, G4KIR.

"Robin"  wrote in message 
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> Has anyone here got a K3 from Elecraft?
> wondering how much VAT was charged by UK.GOV..
>
> Robin
>

"zeroaurora"  wrote in
Was there a handling charge on top of that?

To be honest, I can't really remember! I have the invoice somewhere, I'll 
try and dig it out.

On Jun 30, 2:06 pm, "Birds"  wrote:
> "zeroaurora"  wrote in
> Was there a handling charge on top of that?
>
> To be honest, I can't really remember! I have the invoice somewhere, I'll
> try and dig it out.

No need to bother, if there was it was probably a pittance compared to
overall cost

Ken chattenton wrote:
> HI from Ken, G4KIR,
> 
> I have one and paid £260.00 VAT on my package ( all items that were 
> available for the "K3" at the time of purchase ).
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Robin
>>
> 
> 

Is the second VFO available yet!!..


-- 
Chaney

Chaney's World: Scooters & VW's - A Way of Life

www.chaney.i12.com

Hi from Ken,

It's always had a second VFO.

if you mean, is the second fully independent RX available yet, then the 
answer is yes.
They started shipping about a week ago now to the customers.
The beta-testers have had them for some time of course.

Hope this answers your question, cheers, Ken, G4KIR.

"Chaney's Laptop"  wrote in message 
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> Ken chattenton wrote:
>> HI from Ken, G4KIR,
>>
>> I have one and paid £260.00 VAT on my package ( all items that were 
>> available for the "K3" at the time of purchase ).
>>
>>> Robin
>>>
> Is the second VFO available yet!!..
>
>
> -- 
> Chaney
>

"Ken chattenton"  wrote in message 
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> Hi from Ken,
>
> It's always had a second VFO.
>
> if you mean, is the second fully independent RX available yet, then the 
> answer is yes.
> They started shipping about a week ago now to the customers.
> The beta-testers have had them for some time of course.
>
> Hope this answers your question, cheers, Ken, G4KIR.
>
> "Chaney's Laptop"  wrote in message 
> news:N2wak.174133$NN3.153407@newsfe08.ams2...
>> Ken chattenton wrote:
>>> HI from Ken, G4KIR,
>>>
>>> I have one and paid £260.00 VAT on my package ( all items that were 
>>> available for the "K3" at the time of purchase ).
>>>
>>>> Robin
>>>>
>> Is the second VFO available yet!!..
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Chaney
>>
>


Very good...
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Chaney

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www.chaney.i12.com>