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cloysterpete5
Joined: May 27, 2005
Posts: 167
From: Whitby, North Yorkshire, Engla
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You don't need to pay any import or duty, i'm in the UK and nothing I buy over the £18 customs limit ever gets hits. These sellers do a lot of there business with UK buyers so they put down a low value for the item when sending it. Nor do you pay VAT, nor do you lose your 5 year warranty as any decent seller will replace it in the exteremly unlikely event that it breaks down. 100% risk free if you know who the good sellers are.
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zubnut
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
Posts: 23
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Well aren't you the lucky one?
I know loads of people who have been stung for import duty, as well as me who got stung once for something worth 20 fing quid!
All the same, I think you'll find the guarantee not worth the email it was written on when you import goods - you are basically relying on the goodwill of the seller. |
turt
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
Posts: 236
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Well I don't know what you're talking about! Import duty? Of course there's nothing to pay, because as far as I know (although sometimes it doesn't seem like this), the UK is a member of the European Union, so if you purchase goods in another E.U. country (for instance GERMANY), you don't have to pay anything extra!
For VAT, normally you have to pay your country VAT instead of the country from where the item is shipped, so even with your 21% VAT instead of the 19,6% German VAT there's no significant price difference! As a matter of fact, usually the sellers don't bother with that rule and let their own VAT rate and nobody will ask you to pay something extra.
Okay, now you can buy in the European Union without being afraid of paying additional taxes, and don't worry about warranty, it will be valid! 
Of course, it's a whole other story if you purchase anything outside European Union
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zubnut
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
Posts: 23
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Yes, goods from EU don't attract duty, but most of the posts on here were talking in dollars...
either way, I'd rather pay a couple of pounds extra in UK and KNOW that the guarantee is actually worth something.
I would also expect, now that the new range of sandisk pro duos have been released here, that the old vanilla ones will be coming down in price very soon. |
turt
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
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Okay but you replied to me, and in my post I was clearly stating it was shipped from Germany! 69 pounds including shipping to another European Union country with a 5 year warranty is definitely a good price 
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zubnut
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
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Yes I may have replied to your point but it was a general point to cover all the posts that were talking about cheap imports.
I would love to know more about your ebay purchase as I have just scoured ebay myself and the only euro ones I can find for the equivalent sandisk 1gb pro duos are selling for about 109euro plus 14euro shipping - but every one I found ships from USA and not from within the EU at all? If the one you bought from ship to UK too it might be cheap, but I still refer you to my other main point --- that you would not be able to enforce a warranty claim for an imported item from another country if it goes tits up.
No doubt one of the reasons for the cheap price is that when they sell abroad they do not have the worry of having to provide the after sales service you would expect in your own country. I'm afraid it's always been that way with grey imports, EU or otherwise. Even if you went direct to the manufacturer they would have no legal obligation to help you - it would all depend on how helpful they wanted to be, and I would rather have the law on my side avery time. Unfortunately, in my experience many retailers here in UK will only go as far as the law makes them, and I just can't believe that other countries are any different in the age of greed. |
turt
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
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Well they do provide a 5 year warranty and the new price is 2 EUR higher than what I told you: I bought mine 93.95 EUR + 10.90 EUR shipping to European Union, now the price is 95.95 + 10.90, still that's about 70 pounds... Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISA[....]ory=46411&item=7523819970&rd=1
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zubnut
Joined: Jun 30, 2004
Posts: 23
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hmmm...
pleased if it worked out ok for you but, and even though i had to babelfish it (meine deutch ist nicht sehr gut!), i think i'd still pass as that £10 saved might not turn out to be the bargain it looked in the long run.
Just out of interest, there are a lot of OEM cards on ebay, and as this one didnt seem too clear on whether it was a full retail packaged version (in the awkward sandisk rock-hard-plastic-style) or not, was yours? |
turt
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
Posts: 236
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Everything was fine, and the packaging is OEM of course!
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Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
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you dont pay income tax on things from europe |
bigredend
Joined: Jul 22, 2002
Posts: 263
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i've got a 256 Pro duo for sale, show me proof of the best price and I'm sure I can beat it
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Yanosh94
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
Posts: 341
From: Paris France
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Anyone know what is the speed of Sony HighSpeed or SanDisk Ultra II because i read is up to 160Mo/s in a site but in other site i read 10Mo/s writing and 20Mo/s reading .
Can you help me ??? I want to know if a bought a normal card or a speed card
Hello everybody and sorry for my mistakes in english it's because in am just a little french student  |
superleeds27
Joined: Jun 04, 2004
Posts: > 500
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or jus buy from an english seller! |
az1384
Joined: May 27, 2005
Posts: 25
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dunno what this bollocks about import and vat duty from eu country's is all about... we dont pay anything for the eu and norway and switz. and most other country's if you know what you are doing! |
mak_attack
Joined: Mar 04, 2005
Posts: 68
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hi,
there are so many 1gb mem cards on ebay at the moment. they range between 60-70.
anyone had experience of buying from a HK seller?
which mem card is the best for the k750i. there seems a couple in the range but not too sure.
thanks, |
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Posted: 2005-06-15 20:30
