Re: FN-FORUM: What Laptop?

date posted 6th January 2005 22:49

On Thursday 06 Jan 2005 5:38 pm, Joe Freeman wrote:

[laptop from America]=20

> Well, if you (or anyone else) falls in love with it (or the price tag)
> and manage to get hold of one - I'd love to know how! I guess that LC
> will ship it to the UK, but no idea how much that would cost
> (anyone?).=20

Shipping's not too bad, it's the import duty and VAT that'll get you.
I imported something from Australia once and by the time it was
all over it had cost me getting on for 50% more than the "list" price.

People who try to avoid duty and VAT by not declaring their imports
to C&E are not only ripping off the rest of us, they are running the=20
risk of having whatever it is confiscated and losing all their money.