Anyone know anyone becasue i have noticed that the prices on the american sites are so much cheaper than over here. so woundering if anyone knows any sites which ship over here and do not hit you with big import costs

I checked when I ordered my iRiver, and found I could get it here as cheaply as anywhere I could find in us. Cheaper than a lot of sites, in fact.

But you can't expect to avoid duty unless the company lie on the box, and customs don't check.

Would you feel safe doing business with a company that was prepared to lie ?

Where did you get your iRiver? I was looking into one of these last week, and the US prices are much better! I usually find electronic stuff goes for the same number, but this isn't the same price, e.g. £199 and $199. Given the decent exchange rate, as usual, us brits are getting ripped off majorly!

if your buying anything worth more than £100 from abroad, pay for it on a credit card, that way you protected if it goes wrong under the consumer credit act.

What sort of thing are you looking for?

I got an excellent 128MB 'memory stick' type that plugs into the USB port for £40 at eBuyer ( http://www.ebuyer.co.uk ) and it is excellent.

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