wraggster
November 5th, 2014, 01:31
Some amazing maths here from Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/2l5fyc/its_now_cheaper_to_order_an_xbox_one_from_amazon/), showing that, if you can get organised, you can more or less save the price of a game by shipping a US Xbox One over the pond. As pointed out by one of the commentators, who claims to be in marketing, "Price is what a buyer will tolerate paying".
UK Xbox One - £329.99
US Xbox One - $349.99 (£218.71)
Amazon Expedited shipping to UK - $6.99 (£4.40) Rates here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596194)+ $2.99 per lb ($38.87/£24.29) thanks to/u/randomstranger454 (http://www.reddit.com/u/randomstranger454) for the catch
VAT @ 20% of order - £43.74
UK power lead - £2.99
US Xbox total - £294.12
SAVING - £35.87
Adding Xbox to basket gives a total of £307.38, but they seem to be overestimating import fees
Still cheaper though.
No duty liable on console - see here (http://www.dutycalculator.com/hs-code-duty-rate-import-restrictions/950450/xbox-one/9504.50.0000/9504.50.0000/886/)
We are really getting shafted over here
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/11/04/cheaper-ship-us-xbox-one-buy-uk
UK Xbox One - £329.99
US Xbox One - $349.99 (£218.71)
Amazon Expedited shipping to UK - $6.99 (£4.40) Rates here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596194)+ $2.99 per lb ($38.87/£24.29) thanks to/u/randomstranger454 (http://www.reddit.com/u/randomstranger454) for the catch
VAT @ 20% of order - £43.74
UK power lead - £2.99
US Xbox total - £294.12
SAVING - £35.87
Adding Xbox to basket gives a total of £307.38, but they seem to be overestimating import fees
Still cheaper though.
No duty liable on console - see here (http://www.dutycalculator.com/hs-code-duty-rate-import-restrictions/950450/xbox-one/9504.50.0000/9504.50.0000/886/)
We are really getting shafted over here
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/11/04/cheaper-ship-us-xbox-one-buy-uk