B44 Where from??

[sime46]

Hi all. Ordered my B44 from my LHS at beginning of sept and been waiting ever since! Was given a couple of possible delivery dates but unfortunately cml seem loathed to send them to our shops here in the uk. I really want to buy from my shop but cant wait much longer. I sold all my 4wd buggies to make way for the b44 so now I'm stuck unable to race. I was wondering where is best and quickest to import one from and also are you guys able to get hold of spares easily?

[KyoshoK]

amainhobbies. 3 days EMS express

[losixxx]

[quote=sime46;71488]unfortunately cml seem loathed to send them to our shops here in the uk[.quote]

A tad harsh due to the fact they havent arrived in the uk yet from associated, shops that have pre-ordered should have them available from the first couple of days in december

[sime46]

No offence to cml. I'm just fed up with waiting for my new toy. Also missing race meetings that al my mates are doing is starting to grate. Would i be charged import duty on a kit from the US? I see the kit price and postage makes the kit cheaper than a UK purchase. I dont want it to finish up costing a fortune just because I'm impatient. Thanks for the help guys.

[Chris Green]

Yes, you will get charged import duty on any item from the states that costs more than £18. (or £36, if its marked as a gift iirc).

The duty will be 17.5%, plus any shipping / handling fees from Royal Mail / Parcel force etc. This can vary from £5 to £20 alone.

[sime46]

Suppose I should wait till UK release then. Must admit I'm a little concerned about spare parts availabilty too. Its only a couple of weeks away. Another worksop round missed tho! That'll be 2 missed now. Damn buggies. shouldn't have sold mine so quick!

[c0sie]

Lol @ no offence to CML..yet you blame then for the fact that the B44 hasnt arrived in the UK from wherever AE ship them from?

[sime46]

Well... they are widely available now in the us and cml is the uk distributer so whether its them or ae that are holding them up is not really the issue I was getting at. I was purely expressing my dissapointment at the cars late arrival after promise from some quarters that it would be here by now! Hope this is now clear.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Would i be charged import duty on a kit from the US? I see the kit price and postage makes the kit cheaper than a UK purchase. I dont want it to finish up costing a fortune just because I'm impatient.

came across these little programs the other week

don't know how accurate it is though

see attachments

[tyreman]

The way I understand it is this:

Associated had them flown in to the US

CML have had them shipped in, so it keeps the cost down for the end user, hence the buying price of £210-225 depending on where you go.

The same as you could probably get them for from the US including postage, BUT on a parcel that size, you are almost certainly going to get hit by customs then parcel force.

I suppose if they had them flown in that would add about £30-40 per kit.

It's really not worth it, support your LHS.

[losixxx]

bri they were actually shipped to usa unloaded then reloaded and back to sea to UK according to CML

[c0sie]

Not long to go...they'll be here soon enough

[Southwell]

Most things that go to the US are sold there before here, it's a bigger market! Just feel happy that they have tried to release them at roughly the same time, whats a few weeks???? Just run 2wd! :P

[sly]

23 days for a container ship to travel from Los Angeles to southhampton and 12 days from Jacksonville to southhampton.