Fancy an ULTRA COMPACT BOW system?

[Scythe13]

(29 March 2012, 14:37)00111001 Wrote:

(28 March 2012, 17:50)WetandCold Wrote:

(28 March 2012, 13:48)00111001 Wrote: Bow only is $758 - that's about £476.22

Do the full math and it will be on par with the £758 quoted, by the time we get it on UK soil.

Quote:Import tax calculation result

From where to where you import
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Importing from: United States
Importing to: United Kingdom

The type of product, its value and where it was manufactured
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Product description: bows
Product category: Bows
Product value: £480.00
Country of manufacture: United States

The cost of shipping and insurance of importing
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Shipping costs: US$75.00
Insurance costs: US$25.00
Calculation results
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Total customs value: £542.91
- Duty: £14.66
- VAT: £111.51
Total import duty & taxes due: £126.17
Total landed cost: £669.08 at USD/GBP exchange rate of 0.6291
Calculation notes
Notes on duty & taxes rates
bows has an import duty rate of 2.7% and VAT rate of 20% . Upgrade to Premium to get HS codes
Notes on import taxes due
Please note that your shipping provider may add an additional handling fee

And that's with $100 for shipping.

You're doing it all wrong.

Get them to write, gift on the package, and item value US$10, then it's much cheaper!!!

But that's naughty and you shouldn't do it ;-)

[Skean Dhude]

and if it gets lost then you get $10 compensation. That is why firms don't do it.

[Nemesis]

(29 March 2012, 15:11)Skean Dhude Wrote: and if it gets lost then you get $10 compensation. That is why firms don't do it.

They can get arrested for doing it over there, and yes you would lose insurance.

Anyway its not worth more then £350 to me and even then at a push, I like it a lot just as said not the price.

[NorthernRaider]

I think that sort of equipment is worth £150 to £200 at best.