Chrono24 or Order Direct

[celestequattro]

Thinking of buying an Oris for my daughter but the model she wants is no longer made. The only one I can see is in the US but there will be a PITA in terms of import duty to the UK. The watch is only £700 or so but can see on both Chrono24 and also maybe 10% cheaper direct from shop. Can’t see that either of these include HMRC’s slice on the way past.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[Steve-B]

simples...
buy a cheap plane ticket, reserve it online, go collect and bring it back.
screw Reeves' tax rampage in the process.

[popeyewhite]

It's generally cheaper to import + pay tax/vat than go through C24. Especially if you buy from somewhere like Japan.

[huytonman]

Its not much hassle to import, whoever ships e.g. UPS, Fedex etc will send you an invoice once its cleared customs, once paid they will deliver. 20% VAT (on both the price and shipping cost) plus around £10 admin fee to process. Done it lots of times with no issue but then I've never had to return anything and reclaiming the VAT does look to be a bit more complicated so be sure that you will be keeping it.
Keith

[celestequattro]

Thanks all.