Buying used machinery from the EU

[GarethM]

I'd take the ferry personally, whilst customs are really arsey sending things out I bet they'll be a bit more forgiving the other way providing you have receipts etc.

 

And a eori wouldn't be a bad idea.

[trigger_andy]

55 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Hi Trig family all good i hope 🤞

All good Les.

 

thanks 

[trigger_andy]

21 minutes ago, GarethM said:

And a eori wouldn't be a bad idea

Not sure what that means?

 

I thought they’d be super critical about what comes in as they want their 20%?
 

Ive got my Norwegian Residency card. I wonder if that would help at all?

[GarethM]

14 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Not sure what that means?

 

I thought they’d be super critical about what comes in as they want their 20%?
 

Ive got my Norwegian Residency card. I wonder if that would help at all?

Eori is for importing/exporting things, it's basically a register they can check and confirm identity, plus presumably it's a business purchase ?.

[Johnsond]

19 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Not sure what that means?

 

I thought they’d be super critical about what comes in as they want their 20%?
 

Ive got my Norwegian Residency card. I wonder if that would help at all?

Ferry from Amsterdam to Newcastle Andy as we were discussing earlier, easy to get to Germany from there too, hopefully your seller is happy to give you a nice bill of sale showing the bargain price you got it for 👍🤔. 
 

[trigger_andy]

12 minutes ago, GarethM said:

plus presumably it's a business purchase ?.

Technically yes, a business purchase. But will be coming out if my own pocket so more of a hobby purchase.

[Squaredy]

6 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Im considering buying a used Sawmill thats on a trailer package from Europe. As I understand it I'd be liable for 20% vat on the purchase price and have to show its origin of manufacture. 

 

How easy/difficult is it navigating to and on/off of the LeShuttle with a 7m plus trailer?

 

How likely am I to be "caught" by customs with a used machine and told to cough up?

 

Any advice?

Can you not get it on one of those inflatable dinghies from a beech? 

 

The French authorities would give you a shove out and the Brits would give you a new phone and a bed for a year or two once you land.  You could even state you would be persecuted in your native Scotland and they would have to feed you for quite a while.  You could use Arbtalk threads as evidence of how you are treated and racially discriminated against.