Great 'Buy now from the US' Hunt.

ashington10

Just joined the forum.

Interesting reading. I was looking at the possibility of buying a HD camcorder from the States. Price (including 100 dollars shipping) came to £331.
Questions is: Is that the total cost>
Will it work fine over here, apart from of course a plug adaptor?

Many thanks

TheMysterious1

rosbif wrote: »

I go to the US pretty much every week and don't come back with masses of shopping each time to be honest. Although we complain about rip-off Britain there are few things that are cheaper - most things, when you take sales tax (don't forget that US sticker prices in shops don't include local sales tax which varies state to state from around 5% to 9%) and import tax (that's if you declare what you have bought - any goods total over the value of £145 must be declared - you will pay around 22% import duty on most things) into account prices are broadly similar.

However, things that I do buy regularly:

* Make-up - always have a Clinique shopping list - it's dollars for pounds, sometimes better than that
* Clothes - a pair of Levi 501s for instance can be had for $40 in Sears
* Nintendo DS games and PSP games (not films) - not region locked - currently going for $29.99 in most stores

Remember, most PC parts and software are the same price or cheaper online in the UK. Playstation, Wii and XBox (I think) games are region locked. Camera bits are cheaper online in the UK. Some toys are cheaper, but tend to be too bulky to carry home. CDs are usually $15 or so - cheaper online from CD-WOW or the like. DVDs are around $18 - region coded and often cheaper in the sales in the UK.

There are other bargains to be had - but you need to remember that not everything is - if you go knowing the UK price then you can't go wrong, and you won't end up carting stuff back accross the pond unnecessarily...

Have fun!

dont live anywhere near the east mids do you? :D

dmg24

Mysterious,

I'm going in April and live in Nottingham ... if it is something v little I might be able to help? But it would have to be small ... I travel v light! x

TheMysterious1

dmg24 wrote: »

Mysterious,

I'm going in April and live in Nottingham ... if it is something v little I might be able to help? But it would have to be small ... I travel v light! x

lol you need a bigger suitcase mate!

im usually after trainers or some form of clothing from niche stores so dont think it would be worth your hassle. but thanks for letting me know i'll keep it in mind in case i decide i do need anything.

whereabouts you going? i got a mate going chicago end of the month.

eastbiz

Many package forwarding charge yearly fees. Here is a company which charges just per package or mail forwarded. Low fee of $8.50 per package. http://www.shipito.com

bullinn1

Hi - I've done a lot of searching with no luck so sorry if this has been covered. I have been buying a few things on-line from the States with reasonable shipping costs but then I come across some US companies who will either not ship to UK or charge a fortune ... why is this. Many thanks Roger

nikki702

Does anyone know of any websites to buy trainers from america?

thanks

unrich

My post seems to have ended up in a thread other than the one I replied to. Just ignore please

---

My OH did this once.

That's how we found out about,
Excise duty,
VAT
handling fees all to be added before you find that ....

.... the sizes listed on the US web site were not correct conversions so the dratted things didn't even fit!

Ended up giving away as a nice present.

Still apart from that, no worries.

nikki702

nikki702 wrote: »

Does anyone know of any websites to buy trainers from america?

thanks

i take it nobody knows of any ?

chooka

I know people probably think about this a lot, as the dollar is weak and stuff costs a lot less over there, is there a way to shop there, spend on an english card and it does the convertion for you then you pay to get it sent here? A company prehaps that does this for you or the such like? Clothes shopping is obviously what i am looking for and colognes too.
Thanks for any help.