FreeBSD CD's ? [OT]

[Richard Smith]

Paul Richards wrote:
> 
> This is what my DHL import invoice looks like.
> 
> Supplier invoice value    : 30.53UK
> Freight value             : 17.73UK
> Value for customs purposes: 48.26
> Duty @12.6%               :  6.08
> Vat adjustment            :  5.92 (no idea where this comes from)
> Value for VAT purposes    : 60.26
> VAT chargeable            : 10.54
> 
> Total payment to make-
> Duty  :  6.08
> VAT   : 10.54
> Admin :  1.25
> Total : 17.87
> 
> So for a 30 quid, I've paid another 17.87 to get it into the country !!!
> 
> Adjusting for the VAT I'd have paid if I bought it here, the added cost
> of it arriving from the US is 12.52 which is a 40% increase!

Nah, you paid 47.87 for something that should've cost you 70.80, that's
a saving of 32% ;-) ;-)

Richard.

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