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[Forestboy]

Could someone look at my figures and thinking and tear it apart and tell me where I'm going wrong JSW & Dazzer I know have had experience I would appreciate their comments.

As some of you know I've been looking around with a view to upgrading the RV
Top of my list at the moment is a Monaco LaPalma XL Diesel pusher;
UK price £132k (bit to rich for me)
Quote recieved from USA dealer today for fully loaded same Rv 2008 spec;
here http://www.rvdeals.net/7655/
$118k offered $36k discount without hardly haggling

My Calculation
$118000 - 00 @ .49050 reuters today = £57879 - 00
Vat @17.5% = £10129 - 00
Import duty @ 10 % = £ 5789 - 00
Shipping = £ 3000 - 00
Conversion to UK spec = £ 5000 - 00
Unknowns reg/odds & sods = £ 2000 - 00
Total = £83797 - 00
Potential Saving = £48203 - 00

Is this correct because even if I'm £8k adrift it's still a £40k saving or have I missed something obvious that I just can't see.

 

[Road Runner]

Purchase price

shipping £3000

Duty @ 10% on purchase price and shipping

VAT @ 17.5 % on ALL the below.

Shipping agent here £100

Electrical conversion £100 to £3000 but £1500 would be a decent price




bet you can haggle them down a lot more

Can be stressful though oh:but with that saving:thumb:

 

[fordy]

Yep sounds right to me when i got my boat from the US this was the way it was worked out and i had it over here for 2 years spent over £10,000 on kitting it out and all that goes with it, and when i sold it still made over £9,000 profit on it.
:Cool: i was a happy man almost got the RV free
So if you can do it with the pound so strong i would go for it ,,,

FORDY

 

[Papa Smurf]

Ye gods!

I'm almost speechless!

Go for it!!!!

 

[Road Runner]

money transfer

These people are dead straight and speedy.

www.worldfirst.com

Recommended

 

[dazzer]

yupp figures look right to me :thumb:

 

[johnsandywhite]

These people are dead straight and speedy.

www.worldfirst.com

Recommended

:Cool: Here is one from me too. Used them twice. :-

http://www.moneycorp.com/personal/account/

BTW. The figures look about right. But the calculation is this:-

Purchase price + shipping is charged 10% duty

Then:-

Purchase price + shipping + 10% duty is charged at the 17.5% VAT.

 

[Forestboy]

Thanks all

Looks like we've got some serious thinking to do. I would like to go to the states buy an RV and spend 3/4 months touring before shipping home. Jans a bit shell shocked as we planned to do this in about 18 months time.

Problem is will the £ / $ situation still be the same, I think when opportunities come along you have to take them, no point crying about missing them later.

Exciting times thought I'd be bored being retired have'nt stopped for a minute yet.

 

[Jim]

Thanks all

Looks like we've got some serious thinking to do. I would like to go to the states buy an RV and spend 3/4 months touring before shipping home. Jans a bit shell shocked as we planned to do this in about 18 months time.

Problem is will the £ / $ situation still be the same, I think when opportunities come along you have to take them, no point crying about missing them later.

Exciting times thought I'd be bored being retired have'nt stopped for a minute yet.

Rory, Read your own signature mate Go for it

 

[Suzy]

Rory, Start swimming!!

 

[johnsandywhite]

Problem is will the £ / $ situation still be the same, I think when opportunities come along you have to take them, no point crying about missing them later.

:Cool: When we did it exactly 2 years ago. The exchange rate was $1.74 to the £.

 

[Road Runner]

£1 = $1.95 this time last year

JSW:- Tommy rated Worldfirst highly:thumb:

 

[Forestboy]

We're trying to arrange to go to USA and view as many as possible hopefully in the next couple of weeks.
Spoke to a guy who may do us a special deal on a hire as well so we can ship ours back without all the miles on.
Keep you informed if I get any good offers.