Futaba and Chinese import duty

[Tobamory]

Any of you bought radios from china, the MT4 and Futaba 4pls are very cheap from there with goodies included.

I think I'm leaning towards the futaba as the receivers are about 30 quid as opposed to the 80 quid for sanwa

Firstly any pointers on the radios

And secondly do we get stung by customs if we order from there or was it only a cheap or thereabouts

Failing that I,ll go local. But thought I'd ask

[CHEVY]

never been stung you take your chance
had radio in 3days from hongkong

[Col]

I've been hit on all my large orders from Hong Kong.
All were heli/quad orders, not cars. But I doubt that makes any difference as they were labelled as either "toy parts" or "hobby parts"

[AJ Roberts]

I got my MT-4 from RcMart, £145 shipped with a Yeah racing case, had it in around 6 days and got through customs with out any problems, they did mark it as $9 though lol

[Tobamory]

so the duty if any wont be massive then mmmmm

[terry.sc]

It's all a bit hit and miss, but a lot of the shops in Hong Kong mark down the value to help it get through customs. I don't think I've ever been charged duty on anything from Hong Kong, but always on parcels from the USA and Japan.

If it does get stopped expect a bill for around 25-30% of the value, plus an £8 handling fee.