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Originally Posted by longy8ight (Post 544243)

The question "why do we pay way well over the top for everything in this shit hole of a country"

Well my opinion is this: Like myself millions of people get up and go to work everyday to earn a living,in doing so we get rapped every payday with tax.We have a government that looks after this money and decides what to spend it on best.BUT THEY DONT SPEND IT ON WHATS BEST. for years mp's have been feathering their own nests,giving our tax money to every tom,dick and harry in some far off place,wasting it on stupid shit e.g the millenium dome 800m odd! paying people that cant be arsed to get off their arses and go to fucking work! making it too easy for these little sket girls to have kids and get a house all paid for and money every week for nothing! having all these foriegners here claiming our tax money in benifits and then sending it to their homeland to help their poor families wtf?

these are just a few things i can think off,some people my think im talking shit,but its the truth,we as a nation all moan about stuff,but wont do FA about it.

I'm affraid if your a hard working brit then we will just have to sit back and keep getting rapped by the government.

i love this post, couldnt have put it better myself......

just a little thought, sterilize the skets and foriegners after 1 baby.. and tell the skets they will not get a house and the parents will have to support the living costs of their grandchild with the daughter/son,

(ps: i'm not racist, i have a few polish and czech friends)

Quality thread by the way, but I believe that the reason that we pay alot more in this country for electrical goods, rc stuff etc etc is due to the fact that the market can with stand it,

we as customers will pay more for a product than say they would in the US, obviously alot of this has to do with the market of quality goods and in the US and other countries the market is more competetive which in turn drives down prices.

Us brits just choose to pay whatever price is set by the stores and just except that it is the price and pay it. Just my opinion.

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Originally Posted by mattybucks (Post 543795)

The problem you have with buying from abroad is eventually all the uk model shops will close, or not stock products the people often buy from abroad. Then one midweek meeting (usually a friday) before a big meeting you'll break the car, not have a part, and not be able to fix you car in time for the big meeting.

100% agree with this!!! Just to add remember who are behind many of the venues / events we all enjoy so much ... more than you think are connected to the RC supply industry in one way or another so it's highly possible that we would lose lots of venues/clubs/meetings too.

You'd all complain if you had to travel to USA / Hong Kong to race the cars you bought there wouldn't you!!! :woot:

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Originally Posted by RogerM (Post 548222)

You'd all complain if you had to travel to USA / Hong Kong to race the cars you bought there wouldn't you!!! :woot:

I actually quite fancy being an international racing driver.... Singapore this week, San Jose the next. I could get used to that lifestyle......

Anyone want to sponsor me? :p