From Peter Forrest Sent Wed, Jun 6th 2018, 13:55
From Peter Forrest Sent Wed, Jun 6th 2018, 13:55
For the last ten years or longer we've sent vans over to mainland Europe = collecting and delivering gear after each auction. There are sometimes = customs checks, but with a few exceptions, there is free trade inside = the EC, so no tax or duty to pay on things like second-hand synths. That is all going to change in the next few years. Someone in Norway or = Switzerland buying something from elsewhere in the EC currently has to = pay tax and duty - and EC recipients of items from those countries have = to as well. The same will apply to the UK too, after the transitional = period of Brexit. So suddenly the whole idea of collecting things together (to go out to = Europe and to come back in to the EC) becomes much more difficult and = expensive. We've often consolidated pallets of stuff from all over Europe to go to = the US or Australia.... that will basically be prohibitive after Brexit. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Brian Willoughby [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]=20 Sent: 06 June 2018 04:20 To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx Cc: Analog Heaven Subject: Re: [AH] Re: super great person aka good trader What=E2=80=99s the matter, Peter? Can=E2=80=99t you just load up a lorry = and drive through the Chunnel? Of course, now we=E2=80=99re talking about more than 30 miles... On Jun 5, 2018, at 4:13 PM, Peter Forrest <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote: > The Swiss know all about this and are pretty good at it .... Us = Brits are going to be in deep doody in a year=E2=80=99s time with Brexit = from the European Union.... it=E2=80=99s easy for Swiss to slip over the = (unattended) borders to France and Italy ... not so easy for Brits who = have 25 miles at least of sea to negotiate and a definitely manned = customs post at the other side. > Peter