From Elecraft, including USPS shipping and 20% VAT, at $1.60 to £1;
£575.
From QRP.DE, including shipping and German VAT, at €1.17 to £1; £680.
But thats only half the true.
There is another big difference: QRPproject warranty is two years and shipment
under warrany is included. In USA
Peter,
I have to confess that you have a very good point there. We are so used
to having good legally backed warranties in the EU that we forget that
they have to be paid for! We mistakenly assume that nothing will go
wrong, although in the case of the K3 for example, its modular approach
would
On 11 Feb 2011 at 20:42, DL2FI, Peter wrote:
There is another big difference: QRPproject warranty is two years and
shipment under warrany is included. In USA you get one year warranty and
as you live outside USA, you have to pay both way shipments even under
warranty.
732 de Peter, DL2FI
You can also buy from QRP Project in Germany if you want to avoid the high
shipping costs from the USA. I think German VAT is now cheaper than ours.
The built K3s are I think professionally assembled in Germany from kits.
It's a bit hard to find pricing on that website, though.
-
Julian,
Prices at http://www.qrp-shop.de/200/cgi-bin/shop.dll?AnbieterID=1
73 de M0XDF
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On 10 Feb 2011, at 17:31, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
I haven't checked all their prices but have just done a comparison between
Elecraft and QRP.DE on the purchase of a P3 kit.
From Elecraft, including USPS shipping and 20% VAT, at $1.60 to £1; £575.
From QRP.DE, including shipping and German VAT, at €1.17 to £1; £680.
I haven't bothered with a
My thanks to all who answered my question, and to those who offered
suggestions.
73,
Geoff
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Could somebody in the UK please tell me how much Import Duty (roughly) one
has to pay if one buys a factory built K3 (100 watt version).
With thanks,
73,
Geoff
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You will have to pay Local VAT on the price (including shipping) + a
handling fee imposed by the shipping company (usually fairly small ) on
importation to the EU
there is no 'Duty' on amateur radio equipment coming into the EU
providing the correct tarrif codes are used and the paperwork is
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