I know Tamiya are active in leveling the cost of a Kit globaly, so the days of being able to buy the kit half price will be gone in another year, but there is something you got to remember. When buying a Losi or AE item, in America, Losi (Horizon) and AE are their own distributors, but when it comes to the UK, it got to come from the US based distributor and then to the UK distributor, and the UK chaps still got to make their dosh.
I do feel for the likes of CML and Helger, they are, to a certain extent, being stiffed. So they have to make a mark-up, so Uk shops have to sell it a little higher and leaves no ground for negotiation, as most, although there is an RRP, normaly slash that to just be competitve with other UK shops.
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