[time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises on eBay

David Kirkby david.kirkby at onetel.net
Tue Sep 11 01:11:17 UTC 2012


On 11 September 2012 01:22,  <GandalfG8 at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 11/09/2012 00:12:10 GMT Daylight Time,
> david.kirkby at onetel.net writes:
>
> I've  also had to pay inport duties and VAT on this, which comes to a
> US  equivalent of around $220. I doubt I will be able to recover  that.
> Been there, done that.
> If you're shipping it back again, and have the paperwork to prove it,  that
> should be good enough to get you a refund from HMRC.
>
> regards
>
> Nigel
> GM8PZR

Thank you. I was thinking of contacting HMRC. One issue is that the
seller undervalued the item. I did not ask him to, but he valued it at
$1000, not $2750. He no doubt saved on the shipping cost doing that,
but it also means I *only* paid duty on $1000, but that is still quite
a bit of money.


Dave



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