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Originally Posted by passy

All overheads are not less in Hong Kong. I'm willing to bet that no shop in Hong Kong owns it's own premises and due to the lack of space in HK rent is astronomically high, even more so for retail. Wages are indeed cheaper, but for the majority of stores it is the shop owner that is sat behind the counter.

RC shops are open everyday of the week until at least 9pm. Most of the shops will be quite full in an evening and you'll find people from all over the world shopping there. A street stuffed full of RC shops, static models and replica guns draws a reasonable crowd. Because of the large foot fall the retail shops actually sell quite a large volume of goods, which I believe allows them to negotiate good prices from distributors.

Even after all of this the model shop owners are still not the ones driving the fancy cars......

I after agree with you there, Sadly i think it doesn't matter if it's RC car's or the price of a paper clip and Petrol the UK will always be at the extreme end of the price market due to the fact we are all soft touches, We don't say nothing or do nothing about it so nothing will change and things will just keep getting more expensive.

I was reading somewhere that some things that a manufactured here in the UK are cheaper to by in the US and other parts of the world and that's when they have been shipped there. Just another case of rip of Britain.

I do support Model Shops here in the UK but i also buy from HK. Wonder how many people from abroad buy RC kit from the UK

The UK is the soft touch capital of the World and i can't see it changing anytime soon.