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If it's handled via Royal Mail, they'll charge an additional £8 processing fee on top of VAT. [1] That's still £14 savings, of course. [1] http://www.royalmail

• Nursie 13y ago
  Heh, and I'm sure we could swallow some or all of the rest of it in postal costs in general, were I to order one for personal import from the US. BUT if we're examining the £99 price point, I'd assume there would be economies of scale for the importer that's shipping to (for instance) amazon.co.uk, in terms of US->UK shipping. And that's if it is all shipped from the US to the UK, rather than coming from the Chinese manufacturer via the Hong-Kong distributor straight to Britain, in which case the costs should be comparable. I probably couldn't personally import one from the US for much cheaper than the UK price, but that doesn't mean I can't still feel a bit miffed!