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Jools
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nice little review there but if you ask sites to mark it down they wont just mark it as gift, they mark the VALUE of the product down so you wont get taxed. as many ppl have experienced with audiocubes.com oh and nearly all import sites give you a free universal adapter
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To avoid import tax, the value of the package would have to be marked as less than £18. Any customs officer would easily be able to tell that a Sony PSP with game is worth considerably more than £18. Customs have the right to check and open any package they want. Like I said, they're not stupid!!
You might get away with it, you might not!
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zMastaa
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On 2005-04-13 10:21:19, JoolsG4 wrote:
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nice little review there but if you ask sites to mark it down they wont just mark it as gift, they mark the VALUE of the product down so you wont get taxed. as many ppl have experienced with audiocubes.com oh and nearly all import sites give you a free universal adapter
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To avoid import tax, the value of the package would have to be marked as less than £18. Any customs officer would easily be able to tell that a Sony PSP with game is worth considerably more than £18. Customs have the right to check and open any package they want. Like I said, they're not stupid!!
You might get away with it, you might not!
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errrr..... i have bought loads of stuff from abroad the highest valued at £60 and have never been taxed except for the PSP which lik-sang marked at $360, i was an idiot becasue i didnt know u cud ask them to mark down the value etc.
BTW: its not like customs are going to open EVERY SINGLE package that gets imported are they lol?????
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hey MikLSP great thread...
anyways i did wat u told about the MP_ROOT and creating another file in MP_ROOT, that is 100MNV01 and transfering video in that file right.... but it seems not to work... where do u create the MP_ROOT file actually? is it in the same with the PSP file?? or inside the PSP file with all the other files... below is wat i did..
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Jools
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Good for you! Well done!
The tax on something valued at £60 would be about £10 which most people wouldn't complain too much about if they had to pay. But we're talking about PSPs, where the tax would be quite a bit more, therefore its only fair to warn people they could be faced with an additional £50 bill to pay.
I've only been taxed once on a DVD boxset that was worth about £30. The tax was only a few quid so I didn't mind.
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Did I say they are going to open EVERY SINGLE package? All I said was "Customs have the right to check and open any package they want." and if they have reason to believe someone is trying to pull a fast one they wouldn't look to favourably on it.
LOL (as you say!)
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haynesycop
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i agree with joolsg4 you have to be careful ordering from abroad with expensive items
www.electricbirdland.co.uk may be more expensive but i am safe in the knowledge that if anything goes wrong it will be sorted as you get 12 months warranty and i have peace of mind that i know i wont be paying anything on top of it
lik sang may be cheaper even with any import tax but you are screwed if anything goes wrong with it
anyway i am just waiting for mine to arrive, i think there is still a backlog so it will be some time next week
it is coming with ridge racers but i want another game to go with it
what ones would you recommend, thinking of getting fifa football
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tombadier
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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I've ordered Fifa Football, it looks great!
I ordered it form www.dvdboxoffice.com but they still have a backlog so its gonna be a week or so.
Cost around £27 inc P&P
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Kwiksta
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theres a shop in croydon, which is around 15 mins. for me. and they are selling psp's for 250 (jap. value pack). and it has a full garauntee and u cna check it b4 purchase. is it worth it?
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Jools
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I've ordered WipeOut Pure from CD-WOW for £28.99 inc. P&P with a couple of discount vouchers I had... was despatched today...
I saw a PSP video review of it on Gamespot and was instantly impressed, so instantly went and ordered it!
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haynesycop
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i think i will order fifa football so its ready and waiting for when my psp arrive 
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MikLSP
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On 2005-04-13 17:34:30, 02 wrote:
hey MikLSP great thread...
anyways i did wat u told about the MP_ROOT and creating another file in MP_ROOT, that is 100MNV01 and transfering video in that file right.... but it seems not to work... where do u create the MP_ROOT file actually? is it in the same with the PSP file?? or inside the PSP file with all the other files... below is wat i did..
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They are the correct folders so u don't need to change them.
I think the PSP is picky over which vids work which is why I recommend u use one of the converter apps to make the vid an optimal format for the PSP.
I use 'Sony ImageConverter 2' but '3gp Converter' is also popular & there are a few others too.
These apps will put the vids in the right format & in the right place etc.
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gardar
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Hey, I have some questions and thoughts about the PSP.
How is the memory in it? how big? is it a hard drive like in ipods and iriver?
Are the games on disks or something like that or like on a gameboy? is it possible to download some games to it?
Does it have TV-out or soething like that?
How is the net-play? wifi? bluetooth?
does it have a updateable firmware?
I am thinking about to buy a iriver pmp this summer, it plays music, ogg, mp3 etc. most videos (mpg, avi etc.), it has a 20gb or 40gb hard disk. and has a updateable firmware.
I dont really care that much about the games, as I have gameboys, P910 and a PC, what I am looking for is a music/video player where I can store my collection. But would the PSP be good for me? as I can buy it as well as a iriver pmp. but not both..
thanks
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On 2005-04-13 21:37:07, tempsonyfreak wrote:
theres a shop in croydon, which is around 15 mins. for me. and they are selling psp's for 250 (jap. value pack). and it has a full garauntee and u cna check it b4 purchase. is it worth it?
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well if its THAT close and has FULL guarantee and you can check it B4 buying for only 250.... I wud say YES, go 4 it... what have you got to lose lol?!
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Jools
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@garder:
Official PSP specs here: http://www.us.playstation.com/consoles.aspx?id=4
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mucker
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Hi, just joined and had a quick browse through this thread. I've heard mixed reports about when the PSP is coming to Europe, anyone confirm September as the latest date? |
Kwiksta
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On 2005-04-14 02:20:00, ten18 wrote:
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On 2005-04-13 21:37:07, tempsonyfreak wrote:
theres a shop in croydon, which is around 15 mins. for me. and they are selling psp's for 250 (jap. value pack). and it has a full garauntee and u cna check it b4 purchase. is it worth it?
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well if its THAT close and has FULL guarantee and you can check it B4 buying for only 250.... I wud say YES, go 4 it... what have you got to lose lol?!
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ok, i will...
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