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BREXIT - what it means for small manufacturers
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Keith956:

--- Quote from: fcb on January 26, 2021, 03:29:50 pm ---Or buy it from Telonic in the UK for £174.00 (incl. VAT and delivery). :phew:

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Thanks I was trying to work out if Telonic would be cheaper once you added up all the extra charges. It's a safer bet.
fcb:
Telonic's £145 (no VAT) is a few quid less than the £148 you've seen abroad. Either Telonic are making a vanishningly small margin, or the place you saw the £148 is quite expensive (perhaps the 'free' shipping is pricey for them).

Either way you'll be miles better off sourcing from the UK/Telonic - I've bought a few bits of Rigol/Micsig from them over the years, they've always been good.  At least they've dropped the "free firmware check value £25" bollox.

coppice:

--- Quote from: fcb on January 26, 2021, 07:58:28 pm ---Telonic's £145 (no VAT) is a few quid less than the £148 you've seen abroad. Either Telonic are making a vanishningly small margin, or the place you saw the £148 is quite expensive (perhaps the 'free' shipping is pricey for them).

Either way you'll be miles better off sourcing from the UK/Telonic - I've bought a few bits of Rigol/Micsig from them over the years, they've always been good.  At least they've dropped the "free firmware check value £25" bollox.

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I just looked on Banggood, and its £99.88 there. So, there's a reasonable saving, if you don't mind the warranty risk.
bd139:
Oh got some customs hell now. This is a fine example of a brexit bonus.

So I sold something on eBay. To someone in the UK. So this is a UK to UK delivery. But due to some stupid unibrowed morons at UPS they shipped it in a cage to Frankfurt. And now to route it back to the UK it needs to go through customs and of course there’s a fee on that and no customs declaration attached because it’s a UK domestic package! It’s gone basically.

Fortunately only £65 but it’s a shit show which certainly doesn’t do my reputation as a seller any good.

fcb:
That’s weird. Was it to NI?
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