Another day, another forum....

[New Haven Neil]

I note from the Amazon website that the IOM is treated like the mainland for anything they dispatch. I also note that there are prohibited items which cannot be sent to the the IOM amongst other countries - my guess that these are items prohibited for air transport. On the list is "certain types of battery". Whether the batteries in the meters come under that heading I do not know.

Yes, I read that bit too! I don't normally have an issue getting anything other than paint or aerosols - I run a mostly internet based model shop - as you say this is because our mail mostly flies. Batteries are OK unless lithium-ion type, which are a no-no. I suspect in the case of the monitor it is the battery as you say if they are Li or the VAT issue which many don't fully understand, especially due to the VAT exemption on these goods to diabetics. It's just the same here...same rules, same VAT man!

 

[New Haven Neil]

Until you posted I had no idea the Isle of Man had these delivery problems, I know some parts of Scotland have problems too.
I hope you can find a way around it.

Thanks. I suspect it's one of the two things mentioned above, or the failure to actually use Royal Mail. Hopefully I will get a reply from Home Health. We are in the UK at the end of next week in the campervan so may be able to get something, but I still need to be able to get a supply of sticks for whatever it is.

 

[Pine Marten]

Thanks. I suspect it's one of the two things mentioned above, or the failure to actually use Royal Mail. Hopefully I will get a reply from Home Health. We are in the UK at the end of next week in the campervan so may be able to get something, but I still need to be able to get a supply of sticks for whatever it is.

Hi Neil, if you do manage to get a meter from Home Health they will take off the VAT if you click the 'diabetic' box....unless of course VAT doesn't exist on the Isle of Man...😱

 

[New Haven Neil]

Hi Neil, if you do manage to get a meter from Home Health they will take off the VAT if you click the 'diabetic' box....unless of course VAT doesn't exist on the Isle of Man...😱

VAT is the same here as the UK, mentioned this above. It's the same pot, the same rules, the same VAT inspector in our business. There's a lot of Trumpy 'false news' about the Isle of Man in media. We're not a 'Tax Haven' either - the City of London has less strict rules about disclosure than we do. We are a lower tax environment if you live here, just like if you go to another country. We are another country.... ;-)