[doc] Re: Shipping

["John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx>]

I paid $900 to ship my car from New Jersey to Cork, Ireland, via 
Sebrouge in Belgium. If this sounds like a good deal I can look up 
the name of the company for you... It was a US based company.

John

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Dan wrote:
> 
> >2. I very much doubt it. I would think it more costly to ship from 
the 
> >west than the east... mine was central.
> >
> Thrascar will ship from anywhere but prices change depending on the 
> location.
> 
> >
> >3. The fees you'll pay will be 5% duty. Not VAT etc as you are 
> >re-patronising the car.
> >
> Actually it has nothing to do with the country of origin - the car 
has 
> been classified as "item of historic interest", in other words, 
it's an 
> item of value to bring in to the country, so should be encouraged. 
> Imports per se should not be encouraged and hence taxes are levied, 
but 
> an "item of historic interest" can be anything from a Ming vase to 
a 
> DeLorean which will increase the value of the pound - it makes the 
> country richer.
> 
> Martin (A-level economics getting a bit of airing there)