LEGO Question

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• chenks Posts: 13,231

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  10/07/14 - 11:37 #2

  the cost of shipping and import duty would most likely negate any real saving.

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• Tavis75 Posts: 593

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  10/07/14 - 11:38 #3

  The War Doctor wrote: »

  I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but one of my hobbies is buying/building/collecting LEGO. I was in America last month and I noticed that the LEGO is a lot cheaper there, and I was wondering if there was a way I could buy LEGO online at US prices from the UK?
  
  Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

  
  Probably, but bear in mind that you may well be hit for import duties, which includes the duty itself (a couple of %), VAT (20%) and usually an admin fee (£8 for Royal Mail), so it needs to be a good saving to make it worthwhile!

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• mac2708 Posts: 3,349

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  10/07/14 - 11:59 #4

  This may help in calculating any savings http://www.dutycalculator.com/popular-import-items/import-duty-and-taxes-for-lego-bricks/

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• Darthchaffinch Posts: 7,558

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  10/07/14 - 12:00 #5

  I've been buying Lego from Ebay (UK), mainly from sellers in Germany and Denmark. Think it works out a fair bit cheaper!

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• chenks Posts: 13,231

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  10/07/14 - 12:10 #6

  Darthchaffinch wrote: »

  I've been buying Lego from Ebay (UK), mainly from sellers in Germany and Denmark. Think it works out a fair bit cheaper!

  
  if i could find the ghostbusters car and the vw camper van kits cheaper then i'm all ears.

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• Emolga Posts: 47,229

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  10/07/14 - 12:39 #7

  Tavis75 wrote: »

  Probably, but bear in mind that you may well be hit for import duties, which includes the duty itself (a couple of %), VAT (20%) and usually an admin fee (£8 for Royal Mail), so it needs to be a good saving to make it worthwhile!

  
  It is more for the bigger sets, as that's when you'll get a bigger saving. That, and I like buying LEGO when we go to the shops, and I don't want to stop doing that, so I would continue to buy the smaller ones when we're at the shops, and keep the bigger ones for online. Kind of like what I do now, but hopefully at a cheaper price.
  
  If I don't get much of a saving, I probably won't bother, but I was just curious to see if it was possible, and where.

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• SaddlerSteve Posts: 4,325

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  10/07/14 - 12:56 #8

  You can sometimes get cheaper stuff from Bricklink. A lot of sellers do deals on bulk buys.

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• Supratad Posts: 10,439

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  10/07/14 - 13:28 #9

  I would suggest using LEGO mules to smuggle it in. "Hidden" if you catch my drift.

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• nvingo Posts: 8,619

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  10/07/14 - 15:48 #10

  Supratad wrote: »

  I would suggest using LEGO mules to smuggle it in. "Hidden" if you catch my drift.

  There forms an idea;
  have the sets opened at source (not the brick bags! just the carton) and have the instructions mailed separately. Then the "value" for duty/VAT purposes will be minimal on each package.

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• alr837 Posts: 1,841

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  10/07/14 - 20:41 #11

  I've often found sets to be cheaper in certain European countries, so worth comparing prices on the different amazon sites - no duty. Even with a delivery charge, its been cheaper and very quick.
  I got the Tower Bridge set for £100 from the italian amazon, when it was close to £200 here - and £5 delivery.
  I now do a couple of big deliveries a year to cover all the kids I need to buy for, never for me of course.....

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