"freeda" wrote in message
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I read an article on this in a UK broadsheet. Apperently, if you want
a
Digital Camera, an iPod, and a laptop computer, you can save about
500-700
GBP, more than worth it since a return from London to NYC is under 200
GBP
and it is only a 7 hour flight.

And you have to be lucky at UK customs, too.

I didn't think luck came into it. If you only have a few items for
personal
use, I was always under the impression the no import duty/VAT was payable.

Up to a value of £145, that is true. Over that, you are liable to pay UK
import duty and VAT, but you should also be able to claim back any taxes you
paid in the USA when you export the goods.

Well personally I have never decared anything and I have never been
searched/questioned when returning to the UK.

You probably weren't giving off any of the signals that people do when they
know they shouldn't be smuggling stuff :-)

Colin Bignell