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Somebody told me that in Poland Airsoft replicas are exempt from VAT (23%) which in my mind doesn't sound right! I read (can't remember where) that someone got this info from TG themselves at a fair. As a test I've just gone through with a VPN to make an order on ZL currency and there's no mention of VAT. A CM.097E came to 1039zl (£202) Google currency conversion, however the same gun without a VPN, (so in the UK) came to £186. So that tells me there is a VAT reduction going on but it's only 8% difference? I did this real quick without logging in with my TG account so the numbers could be off, maths isn't my strong-point 🙂

What's this link for buddy? Pretty sure the info is out of date. Fully understand the new threshold limits, interested to understand how the payments work from the retailers perspective.

I'm assuming this as well. Just made a couple of 10USD Aliexpress orders and notice 20% UK VAT added to both. Normally those items would sale through HMRC without any fees, now the UK gov guaranteed to get its 4USD . I can't see HMRC adding duty and handling fees in the UK otherwise may as well kept the VAT parts - but who knows. I'm sure they are gearing up for adding duty as well. Chinese can't be happy about this..

Thanks man be sure to check out the spring thread, have updated it with some info

I tried with my business account to my personal account and it tried to clobber me with a £0.33 fee but personal to personal looks like zero fees - interesting.

I'm 99% sure you cannot request a friends and family payment through PayPal, can only be given manually from an account. Could be wrong, need to verify this.

Thanks boss, I'm slowly winding down the eBay side of things since fees have really jumped up so make sure you use the website 😀 so much cheaper.

Hey mate. Currently have a couple of packages sitting at Stanstead waiting for clearance, hopefully be here by Wednesday. Motors, gears, inner barrels and springs 🙂 These will be on my website including 247mm. Don't look for them on eBay as I'm winding my account down on there.

euro shit? Gotta be better than lira right? My dad bought a brand new apartment on lake Garda for £20k in 1985 lol dread to think how much it is now.

Thanks, I'm always on the look-out for a cheaper tracked postage solution. Originally I did go down the route of using the non-tracked Royal Mail solution (£7) but got had a unusual amount of "did not arrive". Wish there was a cheaper option. DPD = £16, UPS = £20, Hermes International = £11, if anyone knows of a solid international service let me know.

Prego 🙂

It has some good things about it, some not so good. Check out the Critical Drinker, he pretty much summed up the experience for me.

when i first started, around 2003, no one really wore face-masks, just goggles. buy a gun from japan or hong kong, it breaks first game - tough shit! 🙂

Yeah i have an eBay store, although I only have about half of the items on there due to the crackdown they have against Airsoft products. Haha 2 years to get them installed, better late than never 🙂

Thanks man, they've actually been around long before the new-ish gen4 gears, the SHS / SLD type - just prices used to be alot higher. I think the factories just had a surplus so reduced the price on them. I wouldn't have thought they are as strong as the latest gen4 but they do provide a smoother operation for standard builds.

10 hard drive's ?

Nothing sadly, the package is stuck in Guangzhou at the moment waiting to depart, more delays due to the virus sadly

It's been nearly 35 years but I'm almost over it 🙂 What versions are those? I had something called the Storm Trooper transporter were only ever on screen for a second in the original films. I loved it. Popped up in the The Mandalorian. I've got the B-wing as well, I remember was so big and you could never stand it up right

It's ok, we're all friends here 🙂 haha Glad you got it ok, I've just restocked on the Super Lube 10ml for the metal parts as well

loved my old Star Wars toys, got pretty much the complete collection in the parents attic. Kept all the boxes as a lad, late 80's came home from school one day to find dad had chucked them all out in one of his cleaning fits!!!

Thanks man, got a few things on the slow burn at the moment. 1. Oil-tempered springs for the UK market, so M95, M100, M105, M110 etc. Will be the same quality as Gaurder / Modify but correctly rated and half the price. 2. Prometheus style purple bucking, again half the price 3. Mosfets (simple external ones) 4. Motors rated to 11.1v with better heat dissipation and larger brushes

For £5 it's about as good as it gets with springs. it will lose some of it's power and shrink slightly over time. At the moment I'm working with a factory to get my own oil-tempered springs made. Very recently the higher-end springs that have been coming out of Taiwan have increased in price and haven't really been that consistent so wanted a range of spring I had some control over. I lost count of the times I tried contacting Guarder to provide feedback but they weren't interested

thanks Steve, I forgot I did a post run on a Saturday 🙂