How does this work...ebay?

[andyb]

Isn't this illegal, surely it's evading tax??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Leatherman-WAVE-Stainless-Steel-Nylon-Sheath_W0QQitemZ180220560561QQihZ008QQcategoryZ720 47QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Sideshow#36]

Not sure, surely you would have to pay and import tax. Thats expensive anyway... I payed $71 for mine, but I did have to go "abroad" to get it.

[Law]

Dunno, Leathermans are cool though.

[SoulKiss]

Dunno, Leathermans are cool though.

Which is why I have 3 :)

But thanks to the nanny state, I dont dare carry any of them outside of the house.

[wyrdness]

Isn't this illegal, surely it's evading tax??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Leatherman-WAVE-Stainless-Steel-Nylon-Sheath_W0QQitemZ180220560561QQihZ008QQcategoryZ720 47QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


I don't know how he can 'guarantee no tax or duty'. Unless he's already smuggled a load in to the UK.

[metalmonkey]

It could be marked as a gift, which would get around that.....

Yeah I have a leaterman wave, awesome piece of kit I got mine in the US for about $60/70 years ago, its probally one of the best tools I have, I used mine in previou job all the time. I don't use it work now, casue someone will steal it. They took my led light, which was a gift.

[Stu]

not *really* illegal.
you run the risk of paying tax which he is taking the risk of by guaranteeing to refund it.
Yeah so he's probably naughtily marking it as gift and/or under declaring the value.

[andyb]

Worth the risk or not?

[plowsie]

Worth the risk or not?
What do you think. I say yeah!

[diamond]

You might just as well buy from here not much difference in price
http://www.limitedgoods.com/itemView.php?ProdID=77460&source=FroogleUK&medium=free&campaign=FroogleUK

[andyb]

Cheers Liz, didnt know about that site. Dont know if I'm going t get one yet. Spoke to Bambers today to see what kit he has.

[Ceri JC]

Which is why I have 3 :)

But thanks to the nanny state, I dont dare carry any of them outside of the house.

I love them. Best multitools by a country mile and vastly more robust than swiss army knives. I often carry mine on my belt when I'm doing DIY (so it's always to hand if you're up a ladder, etc.) and have never had a problem when out in public with it. I figure if I'm in paint covered jeans and an old jumper, wearing workboots and with knee pads on, it'd be a bit of a stretch for them to try and get a court to consider it was being carried as a weapon, rather than a tool. I'm even tempted to get one to replace the cheap imitation one that currently resides under the seat of my bike. Surprisingly useful number of tools in something that takes up so little room.

They're too useful to get embroiled in this nanny-state nonsense over.;)

[fizzwheel]

Cheers Liz, didnt know about that site. Dont know if I'm going t get one yet. Spoke to Bambers today to see what kit he has.
I have the original leatherman and i also have one of these.

http://www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Pages/Product.aspx?category=doityourself&product=53936

To be honest both are equal in quality and build and i take either one away on exercise.

[andyb]

I have the original leatherman and i also have one of these.

http://www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Pages/Product.aspx?category=doityourself&product=53936

To be honest both are equal in quality and build and i take either one away on exercise.


Now your confusing me, is Liz using Fizz' account, or has Fizz joined up?!! I've got an old thermarest thats blue, Jon said I should be OK with it. What do you think?

[DarrenSV650S]

I bought some bits from yanky land last week and didn't pay a penny of tax, and it wasn't marked as a gift or anything.

[diamond]

Sorry Andy, yeah it was me i stole the computer and forgot it wasn't me logged on. Then when i realised and tried to log myself in i managed to lock us both out.

Any thermarest you find comfortable will be ok.

[andyb]

Sorry Andy, yeah it was me i stole the computer and forgot it wasn't me logged on. Then when i realised and tried to log myself in i managed to lock us both out.

Any thermarest you find comfortable will be ok.

Cool, didn't know whether it had to be green (to be tactical!). JOn said that I will need a boonie? Is this the right kind of thing?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BUSH-HAT-DPM-SPECIAL-FORCES-TAILORED-BRIM-size-57cm_W0QQitemZ160113345975QQihZ006QQcategoryZ67580 QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

[fizzwheel]

Liz says not to bother, Boff has a spare one that she says you'll be able to have.

Oh and this really is Fizz this time. :D

[andyb]

Liz says not to bother, Boff has a spare one that she says you'll be able to have.

Oh and this really is Fizz this time. :D

Cool, cheers. You two are so confusing :D

[northwind]

Which is why I have 3 :)

But thanks to the nanny state, I dont dare carry any of them outside of the house.

Up to 3 inches of cutting edge is totally legal in a folding knife, but I think the Wave is slightly too big, could be wrong... It was designed to work with a bigger blade. My old leatherman is legal though. You can, if you've got a blade that's too large, grind the cutting edge off the hilt end to reduce the cutting length and make it legal easily enough, my big opinel is cut like this and I was carrying it when I, er, got arrested :smt075

[Kinvig]

I just paid for the same one from the UK for ?70. It is ?120 at Snow & Rock

[Viney]

Leathermans are a waste of space. All it is is a Swiss army knife with a pair opf pliers. Never liked em, never will!

[Berlin]

Getting back to the original question, he's prepaid the tax as his end. Works out cheaper and it comes in as duty paid.

Carl