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I just want to ask you where you usually buy lens? I come from China I like photography but I'm a new player. Now I want to buy lens but UK's lesn more expensive than China (e.g some more than 400ponud lens China maybe cheap 100pound more than 1,000 pound lens cheap 300-400pound). I'm a student I have no much money but i really like photography. So could you tell me your experience where can buy the cheap lens.
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It is expensive to buy in the UK compared to China, some people buy from Hong Kong on ebay, but you need to be careful as you can be charged duty and VAT on imports plus a handling charge which put the price up a lot, some sellers will refund it but most will not.
If you look in the for sale section you can buy secondhand cameras and lenses from here that are usually cheaper than on ebay and I think I can safely say they are described with any minor faults, scratches etc. that they may have :)
 
My recommendation would be to pick out the lens you want and get your friends in China to see if they can find one and get them to send it over as a "gift" so you avoid import duty. How long are you staying in the UK? If your staying for a while it may be worth getting them here as you will have warranty in this country and not have to send it off! Then again... if a lens is 300 quid cheaper you could just buy 3 instead on 1 ;)!
 
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