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BigStew said:
Untill it's not. I personally have had to wait almost two months for a gun to clear customs, going back and forth with the carrier. There are also lots of people who have had guns dead on arrival with no come back. We also have to remember the Dollar is doing shite at the moment (not up to when it was $2 to £ like it was in the early  2000s) but this last year you didn't save money importing. A few times I payed more than I would in the UK but no one in the UK had them in stock.
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It's pretty near impossible for something imported to be more expensive unless you're buying extremely rare items or buying from stores that hyperinflate prices off the get go (RWA or WGC). 

Also strength of USD to GBP is fairly irrelevant, if the store is using HKD or NTD as its primary currency.

 
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I import cos I'm a bit cheap lmao. 

People will buy a million things off Ali Express then act like importing a RIF will get you shot, it's a little silly. Worst case scenario yeah it gets held up a bit but it's pretty rare so long as the UKARA is denoted on the package. 

Getting a lemon on arrival sucks but the advantage of GBBRs is that it's rarely fatal unless the gun is cracked in half or something. I've had lemons from "trusted" techs and UK shops with some headaches remedying it, so it's par for the course IMO.

Also yeah, USD can go full Zimbabwe Dollar but it doesn't affect NTD - GBP exchange rates. 

 
GiantKiwi said:
It's pretty near impossible for something imported to be more expensive unless you're buying extremely rare items or buying from stores that hyperinflate prices off the get go (RWA or WGC). 

Also strength of USD to GBP is fairly irrelevant, if the store is using HKD or NTD as its primary currency.
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I have no finance knowledge I have just found that when the dollar is weak against the pound other currencies ie Hong Kong dollar is weak (there maybe no colloration what so ever but it's just what I observed) and untill relatively recently once you added on postage and import taxes you weren't saving (or the savings was negligible).

Anonymoose said:
In the last year i've imported a bunch of guns and consistently saved 30-40% all said and done.

One package was stuck in customs for weeks, but it eventually cleared and all was well.
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Sorry miss type meant to write "this time last year"

 
I'll do a job lot for my collection, hiring a van would be cheaper than postage.

 
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£63 for a pair of knock off DDPM trousers. Ok the pattern hasn't been made for over 15 years but if you spend 10 minutes (edit: more like 2) searching you can pick up a genuine pair in good condition (if not unissued) for less than half that which will probably last longer too

https://kit.warfaremedia.net/products/ddpm-trousers-g3-cut

 
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Cannonfodder said:
£63 for a pair of knock off DDPM trousers. Ok the pattern hasn't been made for over 15 years but if you spend 10 minutes (edit: more like 2) searching you can pick up a genuine pair in good condition (if not unissued) for less than half that which will probably last longer too

https://kit.warfaremedia.net/products/ddpm-trousers-g3-cut
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You aren’t paying for the knock off DDPM, it’s the cocaine in the pocket


National Stock Number 6505-00-619-8716


National Stock Number (NSN) 6505-00-619-8716, or NIIN 006198716, (cocaine hydrochloride) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.

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