CmordaBest

hi all.
i've just been looking on a website and found a hyper 7 PCR for $499.99.
[link=http://www.hobbyhut.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_60&products_id=873]Take A Look[/link]
i got this converted into english pounds and guess what it came to? £281.84.
Prove me wrong peoples, i don't believe that this price is correct.

please help!

FaF

Yep! the price you see is correct but wait till you add the shipping charge, VAT when it enters this country and then the import duty (£?). then it costs a "bit" more.

CmordaBest

thanks, do you know how much the VAT and shipping cost are?

FaF

VAT as normal of 17.5% ontop and not sure on import duty but around 4%.

as for shipping, you will find that out as you process the order. Good luck!!

spark88

Dont forget about support .... if you buy it from the US, then you aint going to get much support.

G35Coupe

Yea but if you want so save some more bucks bargainrc or jzmelton has them and he sells the PCR's for $459

Da Smak

And there has been a price crash on the whole Hyper 7 range this week. Get haggling and dont go to town center shops if you want a bargain.

G35Coupe

Not only this week Grahama....I bought my PBS from those guys over a month ago for $399 and my buddy bought his PCR for $459 around then too By the way..jzmelton and bargainrc are on the infamous fraudulent auction site..but they are safe to do business with.

agjell

However, jzmelton and bargainrc only ships withing the US. Ace Hardware Hobbies ships worldwide and has the best prices I've seen so far, $440 for the Hyper 7 PBS RTR and $480 for the Hyper 7 PCR RTR.

agjell

By the way; Yahoo! Finance is a good place for a currency converter.

G35Coupe

Yea those arent bad prices. How much do these things cost overseas? But than again if your earning in the euro or pounds than im sure its not a big deal to pay in pounds or euro....than again I dunno. Id rather earn in pounds and pay in dollars.

agjell

Im from Norway, and here the Hyper 7 PBS costs 6000 norwegian kroner = $860 or £487. Thats a pretty big price difference. When Im buying my Hyper 7 PBS from Ace I still save $230 AFTER shipping and norwegian VAT (24%!!). If that isnt extreme what is?

G35Coupe

WOW!!!! Buy it from Ace man!!

Whoa unbeleiveable markup in some countries....I guess there are soo many factors that key into that though. Market, demographic, importing etc.

I wonder how much a K3 costs in Norway? $2000?? LoL

CmordaBest

thanks everyone, but if i brought one from abroad, will i have to buy a new radio because of the frequency differences?

agjell

The frequency is controled by the crystal, at least for AM radios. I dont know anything about FM radios. Crystals can be bought at your LHS.

agjell

$987 to be exact

CmordaBest

thanks everyone!
Does anyone know how much (normal) shipping is for a rc car from america to the UK?

thanks

G35Coupe

I sell alot of stuff on ebay. And I have even had shipping quotes on 1-2lb packages with cell phones in them cost anywhere from $20-80. I have learned per the Post Office that the UK and Australia are the most expensive countries to ship to because of how spread out some parts of those countries are.

agjell

This was the list I got from Ace, but I think you have to manually mail the order to them to get this shipping. Default is UPS, which is EXPENSIVE!

Global Express Guaranteed Document Service
(See Service Guide Before Mailing)
2 - 3 Days
$141.00
Max. length 46", width 35", height 46" and max. length plus girth 108"

Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Service
(See Service Guide Before Mailing)
2 - 3 Days
Max. length 46", width 35", height 46" and max. length plus girth 108"
Calculate Price based on Dimensional Weight.

Global Express Mail (EMS)
3 - 5 Days
$86.00
Max. length 36", max. length plus girth 79"

Airmail Parcel Post
4 - 10 Days
$66.25
Max. length 42", max. length plus girth 79"

Economy (Surface) Parcel Post
4 - 6 Weeks
$33.25
Max. length 42", max. length plus girth 79"

G35Coupe

I usually ship my items abroad via Global EMS . $86 seems like a good deal for a 20lb package.

Da Smak

OK new UK List prices PBS £355, RTR £225.

G35Coupe

Wow..thats a hike

BIGM

two of me mates just got there violator from ebay in the states took 12 days and cost 80 dollar shipping cmoredbest they might put on the package it is a gift so you dont pay have to pay 25% tax not that i would do that of course.iam am going to buy pbs here in the uk because like grahama said they are available for 360 pound now.at least you can take it back anyproblems but you can still get a bargain on ebay if you go about it the right way.

MassiveMods

europe is a total rip off !!! buy from singapore or the US try here

http://rotor.com.sg/car/tt_s2eb4_pro.htm

singapore is by far the cheapest, they make such small margins

G35Coupe

They dont carry any of the mainstream brands..Just Thunder tiger and a bunch of gibberish. The only good thing I saw ont here was Ko Propo!