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fatty
Very Active Contributer
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/08/2012 : 19:28:43
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Seen a few bargains on new gear.
Anything to watch for buying from the States? |
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flurbs
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
4893 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 19:45:47
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| Cost plus shipping risk. You know about UK Customs/Duty/VAT charges on imports, right? |
VideoFile Cymbal Shop at www.2ndchancecymbals.co.uk |
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StormBlast
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
1507 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 20:37:34
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"I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DRUMS"
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spaceman
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
1278 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 23:00:15
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Originally posted by fatty
Seen a few bargains on new gear.
Anything to watch for buying from the States?
 Can cost you about 25% more by the time you've finished  |
60's Ludwigs - fun tubs!
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Mcmaul
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
5945 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2012 : 23:32:36
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| Customs will take down your keks and dry bum you, I know, they've had me so many times. |
Curator of all things Mahogany duroplastic and Black shadow tinged. |
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mark.drums
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
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nickh
Excellent Contributer
United Kingdom
299 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 00:15:32
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Do you have any contacts/family in the states ? If you do get stuff shipped to them and have it sent to you as a gift.
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Yamaha Maple Custom 30th anniversary ltd. edition
Sonor S class maple
Sonor Force 3005
Roland TD-6V |
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nick65
Advanced Contributer
1546 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 00:56:46
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Originally posted by Mcmaul
Customs will take down your keks and dry bum you, I know, they've had me so many times.
Stuff imported from stateside, should come with a rubber ring,dug!   |
keep on keeping on...
Gretsch renown blue oil,8,10,12,14,22.
zildjian k mastersound14 hats,14,16,18 dark K's crashes,20K heavy ride.snares gretsch,ludwig,slingerland,yamaha,pearl mmmm. |
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Yard
Advanced Contributer
Uzbekistan
5234 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 09:05:38
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| and when your gear arrives start a thread 'There's no local drum shops....a tale of my personal woe'. |
Shut it and whack the poxy things!
www.vintagedrumyard.co.uk
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luke3030
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
12854 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 09:13:26
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Originally posted by nickh
Do you have any contacts/family in the states ? If you do get stuff shipped to them and have it sent to you as a gift.
How many times has this been said....
It make no odds if you mark it as a gift. Its the value. And if you undervalue it, you will not get the full amount back in the event of it going missing/damaged. |
WANTED: ANY GRETSCH RENOWN DRUMS/KITS IN SILVER OYSTER PEARL. |
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luke3030
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
12854 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 09:14:38
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| Just add 30% onto what you have paid and you wont go far wrong. |
WANTED: ANY GRETSCH RENOWN DRUMS/KITS IN SILVER OYSTER PEARL. |
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Mcmaul
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
5945 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 10:07:11
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| Yard, the stuff I collect/play is all over there, man. It seems in the 80's we ended up with all the pearl gear, and the americans got all the tama stuff. |
Curator of all things Mahogany duroplastic and Black shadow tinged. |
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Jeffskowski
Very Active Contributer
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Jon Petersen
Advanced Contributer
Denmark
1768 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 10:25:49
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Originally posted by luke3030
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Originally posted by nickh
Do you have any contacts/family in the states ? If you do get stuff shipped to them and have it sent to you as a gift.
How many times has this been said....
It make no odds if you mark it as a gift. Its the value. And if you undervalue it, you will not get the full amount back in the event of it going missing/damaged.
Not correct to my experiences - if I receive a packet marked as a gift, I donīt pay tax or VAT here in Denmark. There wonīt even be a value written on the label.
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I TRY to tell myself I already have what I want..... |
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luke3030
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
12854 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 11:08:07
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Packet or parcel?
If no value then surely nothing is paid out if it went missing? |
WANTED: ANY GRETSCH RENOWN DRUMS/KITS IN SILVER OYSTER PEARL. |
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Jon Petersen
Advanced Contributer
Denmark
1768 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 14:14:21
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Originally posted by luke3030
Packet or parcel?
If no value then surely nothing is paid out if it went missing?
Packet or parcel? I donīt really know the difference, they just post it to me and I pay...it is signed for, anyway.
I never had any trouble, but the way the danish postal system works when working inside Denmark, there is a limit to the insurance of @ Ģ100 if you donīt pay extra. That means you will get Ģ100 if the packet is lost, regardless of the fact that no value is put on the item beforehand.
I assume it works the same way when posting between countries - when I post things to you guys, I never ever put a value on them. But if the packets are sent signed for, there is a certain insurance coupled to it.
Must look into it more....
The real problem is that is illegal for US citizens to send things as gifts if they arenīt. Shops of course wonīt and canīt do it, only private sellers.
Jon
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I TRY to tell myself I already have what I want..... |
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Chris Gravestock
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
399 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 20:06:35
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Originally posted by fatty
Seen a few bargains on new gear.
Anything to watch for buying from the States?
To give you an idea, I bought a new Canopus Club for $1500 when there were about 1.75$ to the Ģ. So I paid about Ģ860 for the kit + about Ģ100 for the shipping. I then got a bill from fedex for about Ģ275 for VAT on drums AND Shipping + import duty. The kit was still a bargain and, in any case, is not available in UK, but you do have to factor this in |
Canopus Club, Paiste 602 and, occasionally, a cocktail kit. |
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www.ecymbals.co.uk
Advanced Contributer
United Kingdom
6193 Posts |
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nickh
Excellent Contributer
United Kingdom
299 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 21:31:54
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Originally posted by Yard
and when your gear arrives start a thread 'There's no local drum shops....a tale of my personal woe'.
I'm happy to buy from uk dealers but so many collectable items simply aren't available in the uk. I've been looking for a particular snare for a while on ebay.co.uk with no luck, but a search on .com gave me a choice of 3.
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Yamaha Maple Custom 30th anniversary ltd. edition
Sonor S class maple
Sonor Force 3005
Roland TD-6V |
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Jon Petersen
Advanced Contributer
Denmark
1768 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 22:09:59
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I have only been buying spares for american kits in the US - spares, that I couldnīt possibly find here. Like spares for the Memriloc Rogers I was assembling.
And I must say, the cost of importing these spares have put me off further ownership of american drums.
IF I someday decide I need an american kit, I would buy a complete kit, ready to use or recoat. And, if I coudnīt find it here, I would consider buying in the US using Shopusa. But only if I couldnīt find it here.
But I really think I will stick with european kits....
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I TRY to tell myself I already have what I want..... |
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