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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89
http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...ing& group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...c ial_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
As an American looking at the Dixon prices, I was stunned.
Everything they offer 'duty free' is significantly more expensive than the prices available here in the US - and not just from the big mail and internet dealers - but even from local shops. |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
What a discovery and you needed to crosspost just to show how intelligent
you are ! "Hooverphonic" a écrit dans le message de news: ... this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89 http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...ing& group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...c ial_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
Dave Patterson wrote: As an American looking at the Dixon prices, I was stunned. Everything they offer 'duty free' is significantly more expensive than the prices available here in the US - and not just from the big mail and internet dealers - but even from local shops. Yep. Often for a big ticket item it's cheaper to buy a plane ticket and go to New York to shop than to stay in Europe. B; |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
"Hooverphonic" wrote in message ups.com... this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89 http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...ing& group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...c ial_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 Who ever gets a good deal at Dixons ? Derek. |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
Why would you expect the best deals at an airport?
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
"Hooverphonic" wrote in message
ups.com... this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89 http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...ing& group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...c ial_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 Perhaps duty free, but not tax free. ;-) KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3600 live cameras or visit NASA, the Vatican, the Smithsonian, the Louvre, CIA, FBI or CNN, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards & 150 foreign languages Visit Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
It's all about hte marketing. They are selling to a captive audience, who
without the general means to check prices unless they have a hotspot & a laptop, think they are getting a bargain. It's only when they get home that they realise a lot of the time. As George from Seinfeld says - "what's duty? it's nothing, its like sales tax", well in England I think it's a lot more, but they might just try to take advantage of that...... "Dave Patterson" wrote in message ... As an American looking at the Dixon prices, I was stunned. Everything they offer 'duty free' is significantly more expensive than the prices available here in the US - and not just from the big mail and internet dealers - but even from local shops. |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
There is a big difference between "Duty Free" and "Profit Free" -
never confuse the two. On 11 Jul 2006 07:37:22 -0700, "Hooverphonic" wrote: this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89 http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...ing& group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...c ial_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 |
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Buying a DUTY FREE camera from Dixons at Heathrow
Alohacyberian wrote:
"Hooverphonic" wrote in message this is the Dixons dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP382.89 http://www.dixonstaxfree.co.uk/index...§ion=imagi ng&group=13 and this is the Ebuyer non-dutyfree link - Nikon D50 GBP 378.74 http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...5&action=c3BlY 2lhbHM=&special_uid=907 so NOT buying Dixons duty free actually saves you GBP 4 !! if it really was dutyfree it should cost GBP 322.33 Perhaps duty free, but not tax free. ;-) KM True. Prices within the UK include the 17.5% Value Added Tax (VAT). If you buy on the high street, you can actually claim that VAT back after you leave the country. You just need a form from the retailer, and get it stamped before you check in at the airport (carrying the goods out of the country with you). They will mail you a cheque for 17.5% of what you paid. When you travel between countries of the EU, you must still pay VAT (but no duty). Therefore, whether you pay VAT or not depends on your destination. To make things simpler marketing-wise, Dixons has decided to charge the same for everyone at "duty free" regardless of destination. So Dixons swallows the VAT for those travelling within EU, and they guarantee the price will be highstreet price minus VAT. For those travelling outside EU, they don't need to pay VAT to HM Treasury. The Ebuyer price is probably for grey market goods, and doesn't count as a high street price. I bought a D70 grey-market, and got the VAT back on leaving UK for maximum benefit. Beware, though, that you will have a hell of job getting warranty service for grey-market Nikon stuff, because they code their serial numbers according to country, and assume that no one ever moves between countries. They only provide the warranty service in the country of serial-number. (Mine was Au). Anyway, the camera made it through a year without needing the warranty and now it's expired, so I was lucky. If you are actually going through UK, you can visit shops in London (e.g. Tottenham Court) and get a decent price and the VAT back, and it won't be far off the price in the US. Remember buying on the street in US (e.g. New York) you pay sales tax on top the price, and can not claim that back upon leaving the country. (There are fiddles where you could buy mail-order from one state to another, but good luck getting anything delivered mail order to a hotel with a credit card not addressed there and issued outside the US). -- Ken Tough |
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