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Old 28-10-04, 12:09 PM
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Caution on buying from leisurepro,

The US prices don't include local sales tax, shipping, import duty or VAT.

You may not get charged the last two, but you can't count on it.

you could end up paying
$160 for the torch
20% local tax $32
Shipping $50
some import duty (don't know the numbers for this)
17.5% VAT (on $192) $33.6

giving a total of $275 or £185 not including import duty.

On the other hand you may not get charged local tax, VAT or Import duty.

Check with the supplier before you commit, they may not charge local tax and may tag it as second hand so you dodge the import duty and VAT. I tried to by from Leisurepro a few years ago and found them to be unhelpful and unresponsive. If you are going to buy from the US there are better places.

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