Buying from the states

[Ewan Murray]

Just wondering if anyone has bought any gear from the states e.g. sherill i'm wondering what the final costs are like with duty, delivery and if any one has had any bad experiences. Cheers

[gibbon]

Bought a grcs and big shot from them a few years ago. I had to get an import code from customs. Paid about £450 in postage and had to pay the vat on it before UK customs would release it.

[steve@black]

Got a 42" bar and a harness from two places at the same time, the harness was not available in this country and the bar was cheap , got stung for duty on the harness but not the bar not sure if it is pot luck or how it works.

[Rob D]

Bear in mind the import duty is not the big one - usually only around 2% but there's usually a processing charge (which varies) and always vat.

 

You'll struggle to save money buying from the states with the exchange rate at the moment of £1 to $1.59

 

When it was £1 to $2 then you would have prob saved some money then.

[Taupotreeman]

I can only speak from importing into NZ but I have bought quite a bit of stuff from Wesspur. Some of the stuff I have been stung on because they weren't listed here with customs but the postage was cheap as chips. Buying from the UK minimum postage seems to be 50 quid which is quite a bit when you way it up. Since the pound crashed against the kiwi it's now cheaper to buy from the UK but I can't knock the service I got from the guys in the states.

[Ewan Murray]

Cheers guys i wasn't ordering to save money just want some bits you can only get in the states and i am aware of the buisness of CE marks at work etc

[Taupotreeman]

If you're not after saving cash then I can highly recommend Wesspur. The guys I dealt with there were friendly and bent over backwards to help. Good with advice to, even if you're not buying.

[mistahbenn]

And there is treestuff.com who are good.

[Ian F]

Just try to be aware of the import duty on each item as they can range anything from 2%-12% and then the VAT on top.

 

This is just so you don't fall of your chair when you get a call from your carrier:001_smile:

[raker]

Whoever your carrier is will charge you about a tenner on top of import duty and VAT.`Administration` for paying your taxes in advance.

 

I`ve bought a fair bit of stuff from the US.Shooting bits and bobs mostly, but hard to get items like carb kits for old saws are cheaper and easier to find.

 

A lot of stuff used to just come through untaxed, but everything seems to get stung now where the government are looking at ways of fleecing us, and tightening up.