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Ron.M -> RE: Well... just placed my first order (Jun. 12 2004 9:41:08)
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Even if they are intercepted by British Customs (In case it's a cleverly disguised package of wire garrottes sent to Al Quaida operatives in the UK), and they charge me VAT, I'll still be in pocket.
Still, we'll see how it goes....
There's no underestimating the British Establishment's method of making this country the most expensive to live in Europe.
We'll I was right LOL!
Buying single Savarez bass strings here in the UK costs approx £2.00 each.
(That's pounds sterling, not Euros)
My package of 40 strings cost me £60 from stringsbymail, including shipping.
That works out at £1.50 per string.....a good saving!
However, the Customs man intercepted it and charged approx £10.00 VAT.
That makes it now £1.75 per string....still not bad!
Then they applied a "Clearance Fee" of £13.50
Making it now £2.08 per string!
Clearance fee? What the hell is clearance fee?
I told you the British Establishment have ways of making you pay. LOL!
OK I'm still fairly happy that I had the choice of being able to order any quantity of any string with no hassle, but things only worked out OK because of the unusually high rate of exchange between the dollar and the pound. (roughly $1.8 = £1.00).
Once the exchange rate falls back to the more usual $1.4 = £1.00, then in won't be practical to order from them again.
A while ago I asked a friend to get me some Savarez when he was in Spain, but he reckoned they were about the same sort of price as here in the UK.
Luckily, he was going to the States the next month, so got me several sets at half the price.
What a state of affairs!
Ron
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