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| unknownparticle:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on November 07, 2022, 11:53:44 pm --- --- Quote from: unknownparticle on November 02, 2022, 02:07:22 pm ---Looking for recommendations on which Geiger counter to buy at an affordable price, for personal use only, in case of some nut job going Nuclear in a certain part of the world ATM!!! --- End quote --- Maybe if people had done that in Europe after the Tchernobyl disaster, while authorities claimed there would be no risk, there would have been fewer cancer cases. Who knows. ::) --- End quote --- Thats how the west discovered the disaster, radiation alarms went off all across Europe and by the isotope signature they knew it was from a Nuclear power station. Thats when the Russians had to 'fess up. Poor Ukraine has suffered so much at the hands of Russia, and the whole world has had to share the bill to prevent, or at least reduce further risk from Chernobyl. |
| xmris:
--- Quote from: unknownparticle on November 03, 2022, 02:14:01 pm --- And those regs don't apply to private individuals. --- End quote --- hell, no! You are maybe lucky so far, I once got a couple of CDs from the states and I had to pay the VAT for them (this long time before brexit). Also, I recently got a computer system from Europe, the package stuck a week at the customs then a nice bill came before that: 20% VAT + 2.something % Import Duty + £8 fee for the Royal Mail, the biggest eff up is after a month I had to return that back to seller (faulty device) - in fact the package went ping-ping between the customs of two countries, then ... lost for ever - and guess that the royal mail refused to pay in full the insurance just because the delivery involved the other country's postal service.. lovely, innit ? |
| xmris:
I have the Terra-P (ukrainian made), alas not that cheap - i ve got mine some 15yrs ago, it's not that bad - don't ask about accuracy I have no idea, but once I had to do a test at hospital - radioactive stuff IV injected- then ,back at home, I tested it on me and it chirped like crazy! |
| unknownparticle:
--- Quote from: xmris on November 08, 2022, 02:57:27 pm --- --- Quote from: unknownparticle on November 03, 2022, 02:14:01 pm --- And those regs don't apply to private individuals. --- End quote --- hell, no! You are maybe lucky so far, I once got a couple of CDs from the states and I had to pay the VAT for them (this long time before brexit). Also, I recently got a computer system from Europe, the package stuck a week at the customs then a nice bill came before that: 20% VAT + 2.something % Import Duty + £8 fee for the Royal Mail, the biggest eff up is after a month I had to return that back to seller (faulty device) - in fact the package went ping-ping between the customs of two countries, then ... lost for ever - and guess that the royal mail refused to pay in full the insurance just because the delivery involved the other country's postal service.. lovely, innit ? --- End quote --- I was referring to the rules on minimum values and having a VAT account. Private individuals can send what they like, excepting things like offensive weapons etc. |
| unknownparticle:
--- Quote from: xmris on November 08, 2022, 03:08:03 pm ---I have the Terra-P (ukrainian made), alas not that cheap - i ve got mine some 15yrs ago, it's not that bad - don't ask about accuracy I have no idea, but once I had to do a test at hospital - radioactive stuff IV injected- then ,back at home, I tested it on me and it chirped like crazy! --- End quote --- I've gone for the Mazur PMR-9000, not cheap but it will do virtually everything I need. Also, I've discovered that Geiger counters are exempt from UK vat and import duty! Well, according to the checkout on Amazon US that is!! |
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