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    Importing 150 euros worth of sensors

    I contacted them and explained that it was a real hassle, they have agreed to send it through their own courier. so thankfully problem solved. thanks for the responses
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    Importing 150 euros worth of sensors

    Thanks for the responses. No, they dont have prices listed on their website. You have to talk to a sales rep and get a quote for price breakdown at various quantities. We wanted to buy a couple of sensors and they told us to send an order form and then informed us that we needed to have a...
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    Importing 150 euros worth of sensors

    I want to order a couple of sensors worth 150 euros in total from a company in Germany. I sent them a purchase order and they say that they will ship direct from Germany using terms FCA we will need details of my account with a freight forwarder like UPS or DHL, so they can deal with the import...
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    Difficulty with not being VAT registered

    Thanks for everyone who chimed in. I put a projected revenue figure in my application and my VAT no application has come through and I was able to use it to order some chemicals we needed from the supplier
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    Difficulty with not being VAT registered

    I have a registered company. I guess i need to show some numbers in the intended sales question for them to register me for VAT. that is what I am going to try
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    Hi from Meera in South west london

    Hi to all the lovely and helpful people here. I am Meera and my husband and I have set up a scientific instrumentation business about a year ago. We have spent the year keeping our heads down and working hard and are close to launching our first product in a few months time. As engineers, we...
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    Difficulty with not being VAT registered

    My husband and I set up a business to develop laboratory instruments last year. We set up this company with our savings and used that to finance us through the last year as we developed our product. Because we did not have sales, we could not get a VAT number. I tried to register for it in the...