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I'm going to Utah for 2wks in March and want to take advantage of the
USD/GBP exchange rate by buying new ski & board gear: Rossignol B2/Fritschi Diamir £519 at Snow+Rock, £397 at rei.com K2 Recon/Salomon SP3/Salomon Dialogue £664 at Snow+Rock, £355 at rei.com! So I have a couple of questions: 1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. Is this true, and will paying cash at the store help? 2) If I declare the stuff at customs when I bring it back to the UK, what will the import duty cost? 3) If I don't declare it, what are the chances of being caught? And what happens if you are? Al |
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1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. Is this true, and will paying cash at the store help? Yes, this is absolutely true. Not only that, but they won't sell you beer either. Sure, they'll sell you this stuff that looks like beer and has kind of a hint of beer flavour, but it's definitely not real beer. The real beer is reserved for real Americans; once they hear your accent, it's all ersatz beer for you. Try it, you'll see. -- //-Walt // // http://tinyurl.com/3gg3e (Yes, the above is a joke. Ski shops will sell to anybody who can pay. Unfortunately, I can't help you on the import duty questions.) |
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"Plake" wrote in message ... I'm going to Utah for 2wks in March and want to take advantage of the USD/GBP exchange rate by buying new ski & board gear: Rossignol B2/Fritschi Diamir £519 at Snow+Rock, £397 at rei.com K2 Recon/Salomon SP3/Salomon Dialogue £664 at Snow+Rock, £355 at rei.com! So I have a couple of questions: 1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. Is this true, and will paying cash at the store help? Not true. Cash or credit. All good. |
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"Plake" wrote in message
... 1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. Is this true, and will paying cash at the store help? Well ... others have already told you the answer, but I kind of wondered: how did you think they would even know? The biggest issue is you'll have to pay sales tax if you want to walk out of the store carrying the item. It varies depending where you are, but should be in the vicinty of 6%. If you have them ship it out of state, the seller probably won't collect sales tax. Whether there's a way to get the sales tax refunded later (like how we get VAT refunded) I don't know. It's quite possible there's not. One thing to note is that sales tax is a *state* (in your case, Utah) tax, not a federal tax. |
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That time of year stores are going to be unloading stuff. Cash might get you a better deal from store owners. I can't help you with any bored stuff but ski shops will be clearing out. Give me a shout when you get here if you'd like and I can let you know of anything I've heard as far as deals go. My bil is thinking about coming over in March. He's living in Brandon now (near Coventry). Did you say that you're coming from the UK? pigo |
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"Plake" wrote ... I'm going to Utah for 2wks in March and want to take advantage of the USD/GBP exchange rate by buying new ski & board gear: Rossignol B2/Fritschi Diamir £519 at Snow+Rock, £397 at rei.com K2 Recon/Salomon SP3/Salomon Dialogue £664 at Snow+Rock, £355 at rei.com! So I have a couple of questions: 1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. Is this true, and will paying cash at the store help? I'm sure the European retailers would prefer that you buy from them and not those bloody colonial shops with their ridiculously low prices, but why would the manufacturers give a ****? Once they ship their goods to the distributor and from there to the retailer, I don't think it matters to them who buys the stuff. 2) If I declare the stuff at customs when I bring it back to the UK, what will the import duty cost? It might be worth asking before you leave how much use the equipment has to get before it is considered used, and therefore subject to a lower tax rate, or no tax at all. HTH, -- mark |
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"Plake" wrote in message ... I'm going to Utah for 2wks in March and want to take advantage of the USD/GBP exchange rate by buying new ski & board gear: Rossignol B2/Fritschi Diamir £519 at Snow+Rock, £397 at rei.com K2 Recon/Salomon SP3/Salomon Dialogue £664 at Snow+Rock, £355 at rei.com! So I have a couple of questions: 1) I suspect the US stores are pressurised by the European manufacturers not to sell gear to Europeans. How would they do that? |
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