Halfdead wrote:I've been looking at https://www.sinjoe.com as an alternative.
True. Until Customs calls you and asks you what is that $5 "car accessory" that's made of glass and clearly cost at least twenty times that in shipping, and can you please forward them a copy of the invoice or receipt?lasercnc3dprinter wrote:In fact many Chinese cargo are transported by third party forwarders who will not declare real value.That will not cost much on that tax.
Zebethyal wrote:There are a couple of sellers on ebay selling 35W lasers one as low as £79.40 + £60.00 P&P (£3.50 duty, £28.70 VAT, £10 Post office) makes for £182.20 delivered.
35W is what many of the Chinese sellers call 40W (they are quoting peak power when they say 40W, although even then they are often stretching the truth somewhat) - if the tube is 700mm long, most of the time it will be 35W , a true 40W CO2 tube is usually 850mm long.
@halfdead
I had a quick look at the Sinjoe site, and I have not seen any laser tubes under 60W listed on their site, and these tubes are around 1250mm long - not a bad price though and you receive 2 tubes for $299.00, their shipping estimator came up with a cheapest quote with DHL of $374.22 ($16.83 duty, $138.00 VAT) $690.00 or £445.20, so after PO, £455.20 delivered, making the tubes £222.60 each. Like I said, not a bad price if you can sell one or are happy with that price for a spare, but you will also need to build a much bigger laser cutter to accommodate the tube.
@lasercnc3
Fewer of the Chinese companies are marking down the value of the goods these days, I think they are being stopped at customs and returned if they are suspected of under valuing shipments.
Even Hobby King, who historically were happy to down value shipments seem to have stopped this as a general practice, 2 of my recent shipments from their global warehouse have attracted duty, VAT, etc - makes for an expensive purchase when the original purchase price was around $50.00 and $10.00 P&P, (£38.70) this then attracted £0.96 duty, £7.93 VAT and £8.00 Post Office charge meaning I have to pay £16.89 just to collect my package from the Post Office - half the cost of the original shipment (inc P&P).
cvoinescu wrote:True. Until Customs calls you and asks you what is that $5 "car accessory" that's made of glass and clearly cost at least twenty times that in shipping, and can you please forward them a copy of the invoice or receipt?lasercnc3dprinter wrote:In fact many Chinese cargo are transported by third party forwarders who will not declare real value.That will not cost much on that tax.
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