Has anybody ever bought a lens from Hongkong on Ebay?

[Andy.]

They have some pretty good prices. Has anybody here had any experience of using one of the shops?

The big question is did you have to pay import tax or did you get away with it?

 

[JJ!]

^^ i was looking at exact same thing today!!

 

[McBunny]

compare the price to here all prices include shipping and import tax
http://www.onestop-digital.com/catalog/

 

[Andy.]

Same price, just without a "free" UV filter. The only problem is that I need it to be shipped to Holland and not the UK.

It is only 50 Euros more than a second hand one which is why I was looking.

 

[McBunny]

id imagine one stop would ship to holland for similar price and you pay no tax

 

[pudsey_07]

yer is a ripp off init

 

[Don]

You pay no tax if the sender sends it as a 'gift'...but it depends on how they work!

 

[Dafthead]

I bought 3 from T'ebay, saving £100's

They're all perfect and the ebayer's advert said he'd pay any tax if you were charged it, looking in his feedback he had lived up to his word and paid tax on any that were charged, mine came through no problems though. (labelled as test sample)

got them from this geezer :

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/chizzydirect

 

[Andy.]

Might get it shipped to my parents in the UK from one of the sellers that guarantee no tax. The dutch sites are filled with stories of people who have been shafted by customs.

 

[realnumber 1]

Re: Has anybody ever bought a lens from Hongkong on Eba?

My brother got one from there for his D80, arrived on time with no problems and saved allot of money.