[Arm-netbook] pengpod

[Ottavio Caruso]

There's an option called "prepaid vat", in other words the extra-eu
merchant strikes a deal with one or more eu countries and agrees to pay vat
on behalf of the customer. It's convenient both for the end user, who
doesn't need to bother with customs, and merchant because that increases
traffic.

Unless you plan to restrict the Pengpod to the Usa and switzerland, I urge
you to consider this option.

Another option is that your Switzerland based vendor opts in for this tax
prepaid. Actually  if they are big enough they probably do this already.

And sorry Luke for hijacking this thread but I thought this detail was
important.
On Apr 7, 2013 6:07 PM, "Neal Peacock" <neal at nic-stix.com> wrote:

>  You are going to have to pay the VAT regardless, if you buy direct UPS
> will collect it.  If I had a reseller in the UK, he would just be charging
> it to you and in fact would have to prepay most of when importing which
> increases his risk since I dont think he gets it back if he reexports for
> any reason, I'm not 100% about EU law though.
>
> There is no way to avoid it.
>
> I looked a using a fulfillment service similar to how Amazon operates.
> Since I would have to land the goods with the fulfillment partner, I would
> have to register and collect the VAT and quite frankly its just another big
> complex tax disaster but once I have managed to avoid since the carrier can
> handle it.  Unfortunately the operational aspect of my business already
> take the majority of time and I have had very little free for development
> since we started shipping.
>
>
> On 04/07/2013 09:51 AM, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>
> Switzerland would be a problem because it's outside the EU and we would
> have to pay vat over £15 or €18. Have you considered selling through -
> cough! - Amazon UK?
> >
> > On Apr 7, 2013 12:59 PM, "Neal Peacock" <neal at nic-stix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Luke, thanks its been more work than I first anticipated but things are
> settling in now.
> >>
> >> Ottavio, prices on the website don't include any duties or taxes. We
> don't have a reseller in England but we do have one in Switzerland I'm
> going to be announcing on the site today or tomorrow.
> >>
> >> Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 7 April 2013 00:33, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> just saw the article on slashdot, it's great to see that
> >>>> http://pengpod.com actually succeeded.  well done neal for taking an
> >>>>
> >>>> enterprising risk and providing people with something that they want.
> >>>>
> >>>> l.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cool, do you plan to put your hands on it?
> >>>
> >>> And does anybody know if it can be bought in UK without paying
> >>> additional customs/VAT?
> >>>
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