They should be wearing masks..........
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard FRANGOULIS" <bernard.frangoulis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] free, etc. Batteries (old)
>
> >John Hermanson exclaimed:
> >"VAT appears to be a real killer. I just shipped a repaired 4T back to
> >France, the owner had to pay VAT of $96 based on the repair charge.
ouch"
> >_________________________________
> >VAT itself is only (!) 21 0n France so unless your repair was very
> >expensive...
>
> They appplied 22.6 VAT on the repair charge plus shipping fees (i.e. 60
> Euro VAT). To the VAT they added a fixed "customs clearance" tax, plus
> "filing charges", plus various bits and taxes... Total 96 Euro.
>
> As a guy from the "customs clearing" company told me on the phone "Don't
> worry, the government won't lose anything in the deal".
>
> Bernard
>
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