On 23/08/2019 22:24, tim... wrote:


"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article , Ian Jackson
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In message , Tim
Streater writes
In article , Ian Jackson
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Without any trade deal, presumably you would have to persuade the
vendor to sell it to you VAT-free

For export out of the EU, there'd be no VAT.

- and you would have to pay the UK customs the UK VAT, plus the
appropriate import duty on the total purchase price + VAT?

Why VAT and import duties twice?

It's not twice - but I think I might have got VAT and Import duty the
wrong way round - ie you pay duty first on the purchase price (or if
it's worth more, on UK customs think it's really worth), and then you
pay VAT on the total.

This presupposes there is any duty payable, which will vary by item.

A few years back I bought a couple of 1Mbyte static RAMs from the US.

a *few* years!!!!!

Things haven't changed much, it just cost more in processing charges.
I think the royal mail charge £8 while the likes of DPD charge about £15+.