Posted by Matt Wheeler on 08/10/06 17:30

"Timmy2000" <none@nothere.com> wrote in message
news:ebfnol$o5u$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
>
> "the dog from that film you saw"
> <dsb@REMOVETHECAPITALSbtinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:4jscshF9gp24U1@individual.net...
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>> "Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1f42fc85f3ea61e9989800@news.individual.net...
>>>> no - because you're not avoiding tax - you will have paid it
>>>> already at the
>>>> point of purchase.
>>>
>>> Import duty is a different tax to VAT though...
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>>
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>> you dont pay import duty for goods from the.... single
>> arket..... - note... single!
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>>
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> What about these dudes who buy stuff from the Channel islands? They
> get hit with import duty sometimes.....?

True, but, certainly in my experience, its only been Region 1 stuff
that i've ordered from play.com (ok, playusa.com), and thats because,
although being based in the Channel Islands, the larger Region 1 stuff
(box sets, or even anything over 18 quid), is shipped direct from the
US and then picked up by customs

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