Too good to be true?

[Tiki]

I have been agonizing over the purchase of some better bins to replace my tasco 7x50's. I have stumbled upon the following site where the prices seem just too good. 250 quid for a pair of fujinons sounds tempting....

http://www.sale-telescopes.com/categories/Binoculars/?sort=featured&page=4

How much vat/import duty might such a purchase attract?

Thanks in advance.

[ronin]

As a fair estimate expect 30% on top of the purchase price.

Shipping, insurance, duty (usually small) but 20% of everything as VAT.

Also check that they ship to the UK.

One I purchased from, binoculars.com no longer ships the ones I bought to the UK.

[misterp]

Be careful, do a google search for a review from them.

Regards

Ian

[1parsec]

Stay away from them, well away.   Lots of reports of people being stung, sadly sometimes loosing lots of money.

This should ring the alarm bells LOUD and clear -

http://www.sale-telescopes.com/products/Astro%252dPhysics-1100GTO-German-Equatorial-Mount.html

£3296 for an Astro Physics 1100GTO ! ! ! ! ! !   The real price from AP is about £5800+duties

[Steve Ward]

Scam site ... !!!

[Tiki]

Thanks for the warnings. I'll be avoiding this place for sure.

[BinocularSky]

Firstly, as you have discovered, if something looks too good to be true, it usually is!

Secondly, for future reference:

How much vat/import duty might such a purchase attract?

Take a shufti at http://www.sloanefox.freeserve.co.uk/importukduty.htm -- it has most of the important details and sample calculations.