Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Really Inspector, do you seriously expect me to believe that on 28/8/03 9:17
pm, "peterpan" <malakies2000@...> said:

> 
> sorry i cant answer any of your questions, was just wondering where u
> bought your visulites from, gonna be buying some soon from london. u
> had to pay an extra £40 tax for the 2 cymbals whan they arrived? is
> that £20 a cymbal or is it done some other way like by weight or size?

I've just looked out an old invoice from when I imported some Axis pedals
and as far as I can see there's tax and duty on the total value of the goods
including shipping. What I'm not sure of is the rates at which these are
charged. You can find out by 'phoning Customs and Excise. Also, if it comes
in with a carrier like UPS there'll be a brokerage charge for clearing the
item through customs for you, on top of the shipping charge. UPS is in my
experience favoured by US businesses and is expensive - you can check their
rates out online. Just recently I wanted to order a couple of items that
totalled $69 but the UPS charge would have been $80! - asking the retailer
to check out airmail meant I never heard from them again. So I didn't get
the goods, but the price quoted was half what I'm paying here in the UK for
the same items so it was worth a try.

pb