I wish to send one of my amps back to the US to be tweaked.

Said amp is worth around £250.

Now how do I send it and insure (and have it returned in the same fashion) without myself or the chap doing the servicing getting hit with an import charge?

theres no tax to be applied as its a repair.
however given the weight it will be eye wateringly expensive to send i would think.
you will need to price around couriers,also i would think they would advise on marking the package as per tax.

I work in shipping at the moment and we have different CPC codes depending on usage.

An import for home use (ie use in uk) is declared as one code and incures VAT.

Another CPC can be used if the item is coming in and out for repair and incures 0% VAT.

Duty in this case can also be avoided.

Goodness knows how you do it as a customer. Speak to a courier like UPS or similar and they can sort it all for you

Unsure how it works from UK to US then back to UK but I know we've had returns from the US come through customs under the inward processing relief scheme. Basically providing the items leave within 6 months they incur no VAT/ Duty.

kritip said:

Speak to a courier like UPS or similar and they can sort it all for you

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That's what someone else has told me.

As Custard said though, the total shipping costs may make it a bit of a financial no-no, we'll see.

problems the value,not something you want to send surface mail or without tracking

Surely someone here can fix this or is it a freebie?

Liam

It's not so much fixing, more modifying for greater efficiency, SQ and reliability.

paulbfd said:

It's not so much fixing, more modifying for greater efficiency, SQ and reliability.

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sounds like someone is trying to sell you snake oil. if you take an amp apart you'll see its a very basic arrangement of coils, pots, resistors and capacitors and to be honest there's very little you can do to have an impact on the efficiency, SQ or reliability. save your money for something more useful, like a waterproof teabag.

jug said:

sounds like someone is trying to sell you snake oil. if you take an amp apart you'll see its a very basic arrangement of coils, pots, resistors and capacitors and to be honest there's very little you can do to have an impact on the efficiency, SQ or reliability. save your money for something more useful, like a waterproof teabag.

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Nah, it's not necessarily snake oil. Take Genesis amps for example - Gordon Taylor (owner of Genesis) is always applying mods/customisations to his amps after sale, usually during servicing.

Take it it's one of the PG amps Paul?

jug said:

sounds like someone is trying to sell you snake oil.

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I hear what you're saying, but it's genuine, CBA explaining it all now!

@ Chaos - yes the M44, might even send the M100 too.