magicaxeman
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That in buying grey imports they are putting British retailers out of business as well as breaking the law by dodging the import duty and tax
this has a two fold effect, the first and most serious one is that it directly affects the UK dealers sales and the resultant drop in sales means people lose their jobs and towns lose their camera retailers which are not just shops but local centres of photographers, many of the staff having years of experience they are more than willing to share. By dodging the tax you are directly affecting the income the government relies on, not to stuff their pockets but to pay for things like the repair of potholes, disabled and elderly care etc.
It really gets my goat when people try to push down your legally bought gears price to compete with grey imports.. hmm why are we still sanitising them with that title, they’re smuggled goods most often brought in by declaring the goods as having a very low value but buying them is not different to buying smuggled booze and fags.
so would you expect your local Tesco’s to sell you a bottle of scotch or 20 ciggies for the same price as you can get them from your mate bert round the corner?
If you know you can get something cheaper by buying smuggled then just bloody well buy it without hassling sellers .
this has a two fold effect, the first and most serious one is that it directly affects the UK dealers sales and the resultant drop in sales means people lose their jobs and towns lose their camera retailers which are not just shops but local centres of photographers, many of the staff having years of experience they are more than willing to share. By dodging the tax you are directly affecting the income the government relies on, not to stuff their pockets but to pay for things like the repair of potholes, disabled and elderly care etc.
It really gets my goat when people try to push down your legally bought gears price to compete with grey imports.. hmm why are we still sanitising them with that title, they’re smuggled goods most often brought in by declaring the goods as having a very low value but buying them is not different to buying smuggled booze and fags.
so would you expect your local Tesco’s to sell you a bottle of scotch or 20 ciggies for the same price as you can get them from your mate bert round the corner?
If you know you can get something cheaper by buying smuggled then just bloody well buy it without hassling sellers .