Re: Datasheet Fluff

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:33:23 GMT, Ross Herbert
<rherber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:52:18 GMT, Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:Clifford Heath wrote:
:> Joerg wrote:
:>>> It used to be hard to get hold of the latest parts in Australia and
:>>> New Zealand (forty years ago), and Antarctica could well be worse.
:>> As far as I have heard from Australians that's because of the
:>> exorbitant tariff burden.
:>
:> False. There is no tariff on components here. It's just that being a small
:> market, a lot of stuff isn't economical to stock locally, and international
:> postage is slow. Some suppliers insist on premium shipping services, who
:> always put the package through customs inspection ($48) even for low-value
:> packages for which they're not required, and who then charge you for the
:> privilege of paying the $48 customs charge for you. Are you listening,
:> Maxim?
:>
:> But I've had good luck with USPS, from suppliers who allow that.
:
:
:Well, no matter how they call that, has your government considered
:dropping this customs fee (a.k.a. tax)? Or have they given it some
:thought as to why other countries do not levy such fees? I never had to
:pay $48 just to get a few parts and I've lived in Europe and in the US.
:Roadblocks like that entice entrepreneurs to start their companies
:elsewhere.


Generally, for the average Aussie wanting to buy stuff in from O/S, Customs is
NOT levied against the importer UNLESS the value of the goods would attract duty
of AUD100.00. This amounts to saying "unless we can get AUD100 to cover our
costs of assessment, then we don't want to know about it." In other words you
can buy in an awful lot of components without any duty being assessed. So far I
haven't had to pay for anything.

Items under $20.00 imported into Canada have no duty.
(There's some limits to that but I don't know'm.)

Example:
Bought an E*bay gizmo (from US) with a declared value of $10.00.
Found it in my mail box one day... No duty, no taxes, no brokerage.


D from BC
British Columbia
Canada.
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