Buying from Europe. Is it worth it?

[Steve34]

Originally Posted by AK797

For £9K from an AD I'd go for it.

Ok thanks. Is still a good price when you see what they can fetch

[Gab27]

I would do it just for the trip! Your watch buying experiences becomes its own adventure.

[mikhaelj]

Originally Posted by Steve34

Hi everyone. I’ve kind of touched on this already but not fully. If given the chance would you buy a watch from Europe and have it imported to the UK? Doesn’t sound like it’s possible to with the AD to reclaim the tax so when it arrives to the Uk I would have to pay VAT on the watch so a 7500 watch then becomes 9000 (which is still much less than grey market prices)

Just bugs me having to pay VAT on something that’s already had VAT charged on it but another option is to wait a couple years for another in the UK to become available with my AD...

I read that some people have bought a watch abroad and then worn it into the UK and not declared it but wouldn’t feel right doing that and also if I ever sold the watch I’m sure it would cause problems down the line.

What’s everyone’s thoughts on this?

Talk to the people who voted BREXIT.
Vat prior was not in place for any Europe country except if import from Switzerland.


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