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Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] Sending KX3 to Elecraft for repair from Canada
From:       Richard Corfield <richard.corfield () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-06-28 18:58:34
Message-ID: CAHt1TPXPco34TnfimtXS6WVXYxYGfU1cENo3=wfYE0mHo0z6gA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Did you pay VAT on the repair?

On Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 19:08 Roger Stein, <burch.craft@gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian,
> I used Canada Post to send my K3 #75 in for repair. Elecraft used USPS for
> return. Documents were marked "for repair". No hassle, no brokerage fees,
> just return shipping fees. Tracked package online going and return. Worked
> just fine. All the best.
> 73, Roger VA1RST Halifax
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 28, 2019, at 1:02 PM, Richard Corfield <
> richard.corfield@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I used UPS and need to write up my experience. Your question will
> encourage
> > that!
> >
> > I found that UPS's Customs Forms generator produced a Sales Invoice even
> > though I asked it to produce a Temporary Export for Repair. So I crossed
> > out the Sales part and wrote in pen that this was a repair and will be
> > returned.
> >
> > My parcel has been received and neither Elecraft or UPS have informed me
> of
> > any charges. Though an email from US Border Control when I've just
> received
> > in response to my question talks about Bonds. I may have been lucky that
> > the HSS Code for radio transceivers is duty free as the bond is about
> duty
> > which does not apply (at least from friendly countries according to the
> US
> > Border Control web site)
> >
> > An impression I got is that nobody can predict, or will stand by a
> > prediction, about what Customs will do. UK Customs helpline advised me to
> > state "FOR REPAIR" on the outgoing forms and "BRITISH GOODS RETURNED
> AFTER
> > REPAIR" on the return (or something like that). In the end someone at
> UPS I
> > think it was said that putting "Export Reason: Repair" on their form
> should
> > do it. Elecraft note that they have experience of how to handle the
> return,
> > and I've included a copy of the radio's sales receipt as suggested so if
> > needed I can prove that UK VAT has been paid already when it comes to
> > re-importing it.
> >
> > So I've been successful. I can say that what I did was quite simple in
> the
> > end, but I only _think_ I understand the procedure.
> >
> > - Richard
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 16:49, Brian "VE3BWP" Pietrzyk <ve3bwp@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm hoping to hear from any Canadian HAMs who have successfully sent
> their
> >> radio (KX3 in my case) to Elecraft USA for repair and got it back with
> the
> >> least amount of brokerage hassles.
> >>
> >> Which carrier did you use? How did it go?
> >>
> >> I ask because I once had to send a Yaesu in for a warranty repair from
> >> near Toronto to California. Yaesu asked I use Fedex and it was a
> nightmare.
> >> Hoping to avoid that again.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Brian ve3bwp.
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