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From: Peter Ceresole on 15 Jun 2010 08:30 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > <http://www.apple.com/macmini/> Looks very nice- I mean, at last it's easy to get into, so RAM ugradable without taking a brave pill. About time... -- Peter
From: Sak Wathanasin on 15 Jun 2010 09:26 On 15 June, 12:47, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> UK price includes VAT at 17.5%, while US prices are without sales tax. > >> So like for like, > > >And import duty - can't remember exactly: 4 or 5%? > > Doesn't apply to computers, IIRC. I thought it applied to anything with electronic components, but maybe they've changed the rules - it's been a long while since I've imported anything.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 15 Jun 2010 09:36 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:26:22 -0700 (PDT), Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >On 15 June, 12:47, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...(a)sometimes.sessile.org> >wrote: > >> >> UK price includes VAT at 17.5%, while US prices are without sales tax. >> >> So like for like, >> >> >And import duty - can't remember exactly: 4 or 5%? >> >> Doesn't apply to computers, IIRC. > >I thought it applied to anything with electronic components, but maybe >they've changed the rules - it's been a long while since I've imported >anything. Last time I did this in more earnest I'm sure I found that computers are indeed zero-rated on import duty, but buggered if I can find out anything at all useful off HMRC's website now, so best to assume 5%... Cheers - Jaimie -- haiku are easy all you do is stop at the seventeenth syllab
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 15 Jun 2010 09:39 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:56 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:26:22 -0700 (PDT), Sak Wathanasin ><sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > >>On 15 June, 12:47, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...(a)sometimes.sessile.org> >>wrote: >> >>> >> UK price includes VAT at 17.5%, while US prices are without sales tax. >>> >> So like for like, >>> >>> >And import duty - can't remember exactly: 4 or 5%? >>> >>> Doesn't apply to computers, IIRC. >> >>I thought it applied to anything with electronic components, but maybe >>they've changed the rules - it's been a long while since I've imported >>anything. > >Last time I did this in more earnest I'm sure I found that computers >are indeed zero-rated on import duty, but buggered if I can find out >anything at all useful off HMRC's website now, so best to assume 5%... Aha! Zero it is. http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_009989&propertyType=document Cheers - Jaimie -- "If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was the last time you needed one?" - Tom Cargil, C++ Journal
From: chris on 15 Jun 2010 10:11
On 15/06/10 13:30, Peter Ceresole wrote: > D.M. Procida<real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> <http://www.apple.com/macmini/> > > Looks very nice- I mean, at last it's easy to get into, so RAM ugradable > without taking a brave pill. > > About time... Except you can no longer afford the RAM upgrade. |