Digital BW, The Print

Tony

The unit *was* a replacement.  The C&E officer explained that, in 
order not to attract duty and VAT on replacements, the original unit 
needs to be returned to the supplier with a C181 form (I think - it 
was a while ago), which first needs to be obtained from C&E.  The 
replacement unit must then be imported with the C181 form. In my 
case, not only was I not aware of this, but Colorvision had not 
collected the original unit yet. :(  In fact, I was conversing via 
email with Colorvision tech support about my problems and was not 
even aware that the replacement was on its way until I received it.

K2

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Tony Terlecki <ajt@m...> 
wrote:
> If it was a replacement (was this for a faulty one?) then you 
should not be
> charged duty or VAT at all - that would have been covered by the 
initial
> purchase and import.
> 
> I agree that the UPS handling fee is tantamount to usury. I will 
never
> purchase a product from abroad if they insist on sending it UPS.
> 
> I also think that charging VAT on the full shipping costs is also 
morally
> wrong, especially when much of that cost is incurred outside of the 
country.
> 
> -- 
> Tony Terlecki
> ajt@m...