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    Kits in SA

    in Wood ship model kits

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    Hi thanks kenr for your input.

     

    Unfortunatly we pay!

     

    Let me give you a rough example:

     

    Buying the actual kit from USA is the cheap part!

     

    Order kit from shop (&*& at $ 500.00

     

    So its $500.00 =  +- R 4250.00

    Shipping cost  =  +-  R 2000.00

    Import Tax       =  +-  R2500.00

    Then VAT is sometime charged on certian items. I dont know for sure as i get different answers from different people. If VAT is chargde then add another 14%. All this give or take on a quote that i got from a shop in the US. And calculated on an exchange rate of R8.50 to the Dollar.

     

    So then the intial $500.00 kit works out to $1173.52

     

    So then it is not viable anymore to get such an "over priced" kit to your door with a very high risk of a part missing and or broken.

     

    Thats why i still say....the oversea's guys have it so much better in this regard.

     

    Regards

     

    Evo R

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