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[morgan]

Not sure if this is already well known - but recently I made a chance discovery.

As someone who has bought a LOT of parts recently it’s always the dreaded VAT + shipping + handling + duty that makes it hurt. I have had some where it’s doubled the price-to-me easily.

I have discovered that I can order stuff through Amazon.com and it falls into their ‘global shipping programme’ ( whatever the heck tax arrangement that is)

The net result is that I pay shipping - that’s it.

It arrives in about 4 days - I pay the price on the site plus regular shipping.
Example - header gaskets - $80 + $11 shipping.- boom - arrives at my door 4 days later.


Don’t know how they are doing it - but it’s great.

[Stu]

I’ve ordered several things from Amazon US and they have qualified for free shipping.

[Matt74]

Good to know. Thanks for the info Morgan!

[V8DVE]

On Amazon UK, when ordering / paying, make sure the section under the price shows the following to qualify:

Dispatches from Amazon US
Sold by Amazon US
Customer service Amazon