the usual six weekly thread reference buying and importing. there is little new here and the same arguments and opinions, equally the same misconceptions, i have said before i do not have a problem with people buying from the US, with currency exchange rate as it is then it does mean those on a budget can race cheaper, where my problem lies is those that use ways to avoid duty and actively tell people how to avoid it, and those that accuse people of ripping the uk market off when actively doing it themselves. for example those that put an order in to losi parts house and then advertise the parts for sale on a home made site. registered for VAT?, registered as a business with customs and excise?, registered with the local authority and paying business rates on the part of the house used for business?, paying business insurance on the part of the house used for business, etc etc, no of course not, but hey without those overheads you can sell really cheaply and pass the discount on can't you?, losi 1201 costs you 2.34gbp plus a bit of postage which is spread over the parts in the order, so whats your price going to be 2,50 maybe 3.00. no what you do is double it and add vat (which as you are not registered of course you won't be passing on to the government) and then sell it for 5.50 still cheaper than the uk rrp so you undercut the shops, so who is ripping who off?
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