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good news for us Brits (for a change)
mikeli125
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Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 11:46 PM UTC
make the most of the great exchange rate against the dollar £1=$1.76 today just done a price check dragons E100 tank in hannants £29.99 before P+P on the sprue brothers site its £13.07 before P+P found it even cheaper on a site from Hongkong good news for us as even with P+P its still well cheaper than th UK and stops the wife moaning about money spent on kits it's a win win situation also you should be able to fit onne or two kits in the same shipment now that the exchance rate is in our favour
greatbrit
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Posted: Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 11:49 PM UTC
its great aint it,

ive been buying loads of kits on ebay, got some real bargains

just won the academy m18 with jordi rubio barrel and eduard etch set for £22 inc postage

cheers

joe
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 09:55 AM UTC
Hello mikeli125
Any chance of posting the links for those 2 sites you mentioned?
thanks
lee
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:05 AM UTC
Mikeli, how much you have to add for customs, VAT and other taxes if applicable?
Ciao
mikeli125
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:26 AM UTC
scoccia, if the purchace is £18 or less the customs will not touch it if its classed as a "gift" on the customs form then a max of £36 before customs will look at it (if they do) its a gamble as to if they get stopped by customs!
greatbrit
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:34 AM UTC
ive never had any import duties or anything applied,

a good idea is if you can find a seller who is willing to mark any item 'non commercial value gift item' customs dont touch it then!

cheers

joe
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 09:54 PM UTC
Here in Euroland, it's even better.....lol, Jim
flitzer
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004 - 10:07 PM UTC
I'm very glad for you all.
Sad for me, as I'm paid in Saudi Riyals which are linked to the US dollar.
So when the dollar is weak I get a pay cut.
Don't all cry at once...
Cheers
Peter
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