Bringing back electronics from the USA

[theguvernor15]

Morning Guys,

After a bit of advise...

I'm off the US in a few months & after looking at an item i was going to purchase online, however it is significantly cheaper in the US, than it is in the UK.

My thoughts would be to buy it in the US & bring it back to the UK, however what's the score with bringing things back, Duty/Tax etc.?
You hear all the time of people buying items in the US (Ipads/Macbooks/Iphones) as they're so much cheaper, are they declaring things or just winging it?

Further info - the item is a piece of electronics (DJ mixer) - it'd be £300 cheaper to buy it & bring it back from the US than it would be in the UK (which is a significant saving on the £1700 UK price.

[theguvernor15]

So essentially what you're saying is, just don't bring the receipt back?

[theguvernor15]

megaphone said:

Busted!!

I didn't realise they had sales tax over there added to the prices already shown, in that case it won't make it all that much cheaper so i may not bother.

I was either going to buy the Pioneer DJM-S9, or the new Rane 72.
I know a load of DJ's over there so i could say i'd been DJ'ing over there with them

[theguvernor15]

Thanks for the advise guys, i'm pretty sure it'd work on UK electrickery, although i will check.
I may not definitely buy it, i was just looking at the possibility of it as it saved me a few hundred quid!
Nearly every time i've been through an airport there's never been anybody at the 'something to declare' counter anyway!
Worse comes to it i guess i end up paying it!