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Importing to the UK #47983 12/09/09 04:29 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	There has to be a company who specailise (British spelling eh), in this and can receive the stuff and 2nd party ship it. I used to buy computer stuff in the US and have it brought to Canada. Stuff like Reel to Reel computer tape drives I ran on Unix boxes. If I did it myself cost me an arm and leg. The company just cleared it, they knew the codes/ins outs. I guess I don't get how you have to sell your house to acquire a wee hard drive. We have your free trade with the country to the south. That boils down to they can have our natural resources for free, they make it into stuff and the wind blows here and we get free bad air. And anything they make we can get across the border free too. Maybe. Problem is everything seems to be made in China. Anyways if someone went to Fed Ex or one of the worldwide shipping companies maybe they have some tricks. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: Importing to the UK John Conley #47984 12/09/09 04:37 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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jford Veteran Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12,844 Pensacola, Florida	Quote: specailise (British spelling eh) Or maybe even specialise, eh. John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 12TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 12TB SATA BB2026/UMC204HD&404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/Notion/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com (under rehosting/construction)

Re: Importing to the UK John Conley #47985 12/09/09 04:50 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,826 Kent UK J jazzband Expert
jazzband Expert J Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,826 Kent UK	Hi john the problem is that the people who handle these items don`t realize there is some diffence between a Pound and a Dollar they take the dollars say its $100 and say its £100 they then add vat which is 17.5 =£117.50 and then add 20% inport duty = nearly £140 and then add £10 for the pleasure of doing it, i used to get all of my BIAB from the english agent but even then it was a lot more pricey then the US pay,so the easiest way is to download and i have not seen anything to suit yet regards Dave Hoskins I always play the right notes but not always in the right order

Re: Importing to the UK jazzband #47986 12/09/09 05:11 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	Hm, btw my Daughter's boyfriend is a Kent University, lives near Deal. He's coming for Christmas, (a whole month sigh). John Conley Musica est vita

Re: Importing to the UK jazzband #47987 12/09/09 04:18 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 707 Fife, Scotland F Fifer Journeyman
Fifer Journeyman F Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 707 Fife, Scotland	I've never yet got a PG product from a UK reseller - they are usually at least one if not two versions behind, and woefully expensive. I used to get the disks surface, then air mail from Canada, and that was cheaper and more reliable than getting them from England. It's not just pound to dollar rip offs here in the UK. The best (mmm) rip off I've seen recently is Linplug, a German company, which sells its upgrade to Saxlab for 29euros, but £39! I queried this, and they said that their distributor placed a surcharge on any transactions in pounds - on the current exchange rate, the deal should be £26 - basically a 50% surcharge for a downloadable product!!! Native Instruements actually prevent customers from the UK from paying in $s (with £s not being an option), even though this would save typically 20-30% over paying in euros. PG's policy of allowing you to pay in dollars and downloading the products is a jolly good thing! No VAT makes it even better!! The UK is not by anyone's standards a cheap place to shop ... Brian

Re: Importing to the UK Fifer #47988 12/09/09 07:49 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,449 NSW Australia Keith from Oz Veteran
Keith from Oz Veteran Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,449 NSW Australia	I had a similar situation when I recently purchased a Ketron SD2. To buy it here in Oz was $AU799.00, but by purchasing it through PG Music, when converted from $US it was just a touch over $AU400.00 plus delivery of around $25.00. That represented a huge saving, and it arrived in less that a week. Cheers, Keith

Re: Importing to the UK Keith from Oz #47989 12/10/09 06:27 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA M Mac Veteran
Mac Veteran M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 38,502 Chesapeake, Virginia USA	Quote: I had a similar situation when I recently purchased a Ketron SD2. To buy it here in Oz was $AU799.00, but by purchasing it through PG Music, when converted from $US it was just a touch over $AU400.00 plus delivery of around $25.00. That represented a huge saving, and it arrived in less that a week. When yer Oz maes see and hear it and want it, be sure to send them to the PGMusic website! --Mac PGmusic FAQs, Tutorials and Updates! click here You must be Audiominds. www.audiominds.com

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