Ordering direct from 034 MS?

[xgordyx]

One for the uk guys that have ordered direct from 034. Been looking at rough (not 100% sure on what my plans are yet) prices for some bits for my build from 034 MS. The total cost without shipping works out arround about the £3.5k mark at current exchange rate. I'm guessing about £200 for shipping?
What other factors like import tax ect should i take into account? And at what extra cost.
What are the shipping times? Also is it easy to track where your parts are during the shipping process?
Or is there an 034 distributor in the UK and if so would i be better off to order through them?

[Rusty]

Work on VAT plus a bit for fees to the shipping agent.

[dest]

I ordered direct from them, no problems atall, delivered with in about 10 days and no import duty

[xgordyx]

I ordered direct from them, no problems atall, delivered with in about 10 days and no import duty

Hmmmmm :mischeif:sounds good to me.
Hopefully be a better ex rate after xmas

[Kieron20V]

I ordered direct from them, no problems atall, delivered with in about 10 days and no import duty

Second that, my order came to about £6-700 including shipping, and no import duty to pay. Try and get it shipped to your work address, seems to help, I had to pay duty once on my toolbox I had shipped back from Switzerland to my home address, even though it was mine and had originally come from home....

Never had to pay import duty on anything ive had shipped overseas to a work address, its worth a shot.

Kieron.

[xgordyx]

Second that, my order came to about £6-700 including shipping, and no import duty to pay. Try and get it shipped to your work address, seems to help, I had to pay duty once on my toolbox I had shipped back from Switzerland to my home address, even though it was mine and had originally come from home....

Never had to pay import duty on anything ive had shipped overseas to a work address, its worth a shot.

Kieron.

Good point, not realy possible for me as i don't work out of my works address and don't really know that many folk in there that i could ask. Saying that could see one of my mates. Plus it would be easyer for me not having to wait in the house for it to be delivered.

Good idea cheers

[A80Avant]

try labelling the items as serviced or remanufactured and undervaluing them. it seemed to help me when i ordered from the US to Greece

[xgordyx]

try labelling the items as serviced or remanufactured and undervaluing them. it seemed to help me when i ordered from the US to Greece

Would that not be down to 034 to do?

[A80Avant]

yes if you ask them

[xgordyx]

yes if you ask them

Perfect :mischeif:

[DarrenM]

The price they quote is the price you'll pay them inc shipping, when its actually delivered to you though, you may (or may not if you're lucky) have to pay the courier the VAT,customs fee etc..

This is only applicable on the shipping cost and what the goods are "valued" at on the ticket tho, if its £3500.00 worth of parts and they're "valued" at say $500.00 (approx £315.00) you'll only have to pay the 15% VAT on that £315.00 amount (plus a few other minor customs fee and an £8.00 handling charge). BUT, if the parts get damaged in transit, they'll only be insured up to the value of £315.00. The chances are if this will not happen tho if they are wrapped and boxed securely.

Do make it clear to the supplier (034 in this case) what you would like the goods "valued" at though, trust me, suppliers in the US are used to doing this..

You may even be lucky and they'll just get delivered without having to pay a penny.

[rs2coupe]

I ordered direct from them, no problems atall, delivered with in about 10 days and no import duty

How did you get around import duties and still get the value of your purchase covered through postage?

[xgordyx]

How did you get around import duties and still get the value of your purchase covered through postage?

I think that is what is being said. Basically if buy $5000 worth of parts and you get the supplier to value them at $600 you only pay the $600 worth of duty on them, but if somthing happened to the parts the you'd only be covered up to $600.

[xgordyx]

The price they quote is the price you'll pay them inc shipping, when its actually delivered to you though, you may (or may not if you're lucky) have to pay the courier the VAT,customs fee etc..

This is only applicable on the shipping cost and what the goods are "valued" at on the ticket tho, if its £3500.00 worth of parts and they're "valued" at say $500.00 (approx £315.00) you'll only have to pay the 15% VAT on that £315.00 amount (plus a few other minor customs fee and an £8.00 handling charge). BUT, if the parts get damaged in transit, they'll only be insured up to the value of £315.00. The chances are if this will not happen tho if they are wrapped and boxed securely.

Do make it clear to the supplier (034 in this case) what you would like the goods "valued" at though, trust me, suppliers in the US are used to doing this..

You may even be lucky and they'll just get delivered without having to pay a penny.

This is a good idea, of course i don't condone swindling money from our government
The only worrying thing is if it's a tolal loss, ie missing in the post. The chances of the parts i'll be ordering being damaged by the courier will be unlikely, the only thing i could see being damaged if not packed properly is the HG, but the valued price would cover that.

[DarrenM]

Yep, and some deliveries dont get pulled up on the duty, its the luck of the draw. I've just had an email from a customer from over the w/end - he'd bought some v expensive HRE wheels from us, we'd got them shipped directly from our US HQ just over a week ago(aheamm, valued slightly lower that what they're worth) but he didnt have to pay a thing to the courier.

Needless to say, he's well happy!