UK camera prices
Jun 5, 2016 12:39:47 #
A.J.R.
Loc: Devon, UK
Anyone know why camera prices are higher in the UK?
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
Jun 5, 2016 12:41:12 #
Import fee, taxes and so forth.
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Jun 5, 2016 12:50:42 #
A.J.R.
Loc: Devon, UK
Would the USA not have about the same import fees and Taxes as the UK?
Rongnongno wrote:
Import fee, taxes and so forth.
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Jun 5, 2016 13:01:03 #
A.J.R. wrote:
Anyone know why camera prices are higher in the UK?
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
There are a few things VAT for one at 20% accounts for around £150 or so. Plus UK prices tend to include taxes and US ones don't.
Jun 5, 2016 13:10:48 #
A.J.R. wrote:
Would the USA not have about the same import fees and Taxes as the UK?
No. It is a very complicated thing to do with foreign exchange rates, local costs, trade agreements, import duties, taxation and so on. It has been the same for decades. VAT of 20% in the UK is much higher than sales tax in the US (at least double), and sales tax is a state by state, city and county thing in the US not a federal nationwide thing. That means that if you buy something in a state that doesn't have sales tax then that also makes a difference. There are perfectly legal ways to buy equipment over the internet and pay no sales tax. Putting those things together can easily add up to a 30% difference.
Soon you have to decide on the Brexit thing, and that could also impact your camera prices, not necessarily for the better. On the other hand we have Trump as a political wild card, and who knows what will happen if he gets elected!
Jun 5, 2016 13:13:51 #
blackest wrote:
There are a few things VAT for one at 20% accounts for around £150 or so. Plus UK prices tend to include taxes and US ones don't.
Jun 5, 2016 13:49:58 #
A.J.R. wrote:
Anyone know why camera prices are higher in the UK?
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
It could be VAT.
Jun 5, 2016 15:49:53 #
A.J.R.
Loc: Devon, UK
Thanks everyone who replied, especially Peterff, very interesting. If taxes, import duties etc were the same in USA as UK you (at today's rates) would be paying over $1450 instead of $1000 for the Sony A6300 camera body.
I assume its Sony who sets the price and length of time before a product can be discounted, because all legitimate dealers in the UK are at present charging around the £1000 mark, and in the USA $1000. How long I wonder before the price drops in both country's?
I assume its Sony who sets the price and length of time before a product can be discounted, because all legitimate dealers in the UK are at present charging around the £1000 mark, and in the USA $1000. How long I wonder before the price drops in both country's?
Jun 5, 2016 18:26:22 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
A.J.R. wrote:
Anyone know why camera prices are higher in the UK?
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
For example the Sony A6300 (body only) is $1000 in USA £1000 in uk.
$1000 = less than £700 at today's rates.
Please be warned. Don't import it from the USA as I got stung by Import Tax of £80.00 on a £300.00 camera only last year and when I told a friend she told me that it also happened to her years ago and if I had told her she would have warned me.
I also had to pay £20 Import Tax on something I bought from Amazon that came from China, although I have had items from China before and I didn't have to pay any tax. Apparently I was just unlucky that time, but in the case of purchases from America, please don't even think of it.
Jun 5, 2016 18:30:50 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
Rongnongno wrote:
Import fee, taxes and so forth.
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Also, you folks like to pay more for everything so...
Excuse me! I suppose you heard that the streets of London were paved with gold, but please don't believe everything you hear. We too would like to pay less, but we have no choice. I suppose that there are pluses and minuses, so to speak, but I wouldn't go into that, as I don't want to start a war - well not quite.
Jun 5, 2016 18:34:15 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
Peterff wrote:
No. It is a very complicated thing to do with for... (show quote)
Be careful - no politics, if not this thread will be placed in the Attic.
Jun 5, 2016 18:59:50 #
Let's put it in the attic. Thats only one of the many ways a Socialist government can try to contain the excessive spending!
Paul
Paul
Jun 5, 2016 19:36:14 #
Heather Iles wrote:
.../... as I don't want to start a war - well not quite.
Go right ahead, it would be just another one you will lose...
Second degree kid. You also like marmite and other delicacy no one but a brit can... well... digest.
Jun 5, 2016 19:52:28 #
Heather Iles wrote:
Be careful - no politics, if not this thread will be placed in the Attic.
I was being sarcastic, and not taking sides, just highlighting issues that could have an impact. The bottom line is that the Brexit issue and the US Presidential election will have an impact on issues such as this when it comes to taxes, trade, and foreign exchange. Although I have opinions I wasn't taking any sides with my comment.
Jun 5, 2016 19:58:45 #
Heather Iles wrote:
Please be warned. Don't import it from the USA as... (show quote)
There is nothing wrong with importing *IF* one understands the implications and does the research. There may well be a cost to deal with. Do the research, and don't be surprised.
As a Brit that now lives in the USA and with a wife that deals globally with antique jewelry we have to be cognizant of such issues. It is a fact of life (the old death and taxes thing) and just something to be dealt with. Also, if you do a bunch of international travel it sometimes helps to be able to demonstrate where you bought certain things, and cameras etc. are one of the things customs agents look at, especially on tourist flights.
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