John Leonard Main wrote: > Jamie, > > Just a note about the HMRC import charges rip-off: someone looks at the > declared insurance value of the microphone and charges VAT on that, plus a > handling charge. You have to spend time on the phone explaining that to the > drones who answer and then ask for the matter to be escalated to a > supervisor. If there was a charge for the repair, then that should show up > on the invoice, but as I think it?s unlikely that Len charged you over ?500 > for the repair, the added VAT should be minimal. This happens all the time > with kit sent overseas for repair and I?ve lost count of the number of times > I?ve had to call the courier company and go through the process of > explaining that there?s been no added value to an under-warranty repair, so > no VAT is applicable.
My experience of shipping equipment to the USA for repair is very dated, but it used to be that you could complete a form and, *providing the serial number of the item was the same on return*, there were no added charges, > Of course, this will only get worse following Brexit, You have no idea how good it feels to have emigrated to Canada. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/ _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
