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milli260876

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Post by milli260876 » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:06 am

Engadget is in on it now!!
Tease...
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/10/shut ... i-pc-ds81/
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Post by CyberSimian » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:38 pm

barnabas1969 wrote:They usually state on the shipping label that it's a gift, so I guess that's how they are getting past customs without having to pay a duty. I don't know if the same trick would work in the UK.
No, it won't. There is no tax exemption for items declared as gifts.

There is a tax exemption for low-value items, but I don't know whether the limit is defined in UK pounds or Euros. The limit is circa 15 UK pounds.

-- from CyberSimian in the UK

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