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Shipping from USA
smo:
Duty is approx 4% and vat is obviously 17.5% on top of the lot (price, shipping and duty! - cheeky gits!)
It works out a LOT cheaper than the UK, the sole supplier seems to be a touch overpriced when even after shipping, vat etc i can get 2 for the price of 1!!
barnhill4x4 - i'll give terry a shout and see if he can help, thanks :)
Budgie:
I know what you're going through, I've just tried to buy a weather station from Davis Instuments in the US. The thing is over £600 in the UK but only £303 from Davis.
But, Davis won't accept a non-US credit card and they won't supply the UK version of the weather station to any US companies. :evil:
So if I want it then I HAVE to get it in the UK and pay nearly double!! :x
smo:
Tight B*ggers!
Thankfully MM winches are pretty much the same US or Uk spec, if anything the US spec is higher and whilst it might have different hydraulic pipe fittings that isnt a problem as hoses are custom made anyway :)
MudRat:
My dad runs a freight warehouse at heathrow, if you Pm all the details i can ask him, also if the winches are for sample purposes, theres no duty on them!
Mudlark:
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--- Quote from: "Mudlark" ---It would seem that the yanks are cashing in on the strength of the pound at the moment :evil: :evil:
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How exactly, its all in our favour at nearly $2 to the £1 everything is dirt cheap over there!
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Yes it is in our favour however it means that the Americans can charge an extra 10 - 25% for the shipping which would not affect us.
Like you say even paying the extra shipping price you still are better off I would bite the bullet and go for their shipping (I have already on a winch motor - still got it for half the price in this country) the shipping on the motor was $100 which seems more expensive that your shipping
I've heard ups charge extra on top of the shipping price as well so be careful with them
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