People are really paying 70k on a 5711?

[Fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by yoast

Totally agree, Make watch flipping great again!

Lol

[Bit5711]

Originally Posted by ts3

Pretty much any package I get shipped from outside the EU is held up at customs for me to go there, open it in front of their eyes, and pay VAT and import fees as required.

I don’t know which part of Europe you are located but every time i receive a package from outside of EU , I just receive Import tax bill after a few days of the receipt of package usually by email or sms, and pay it online then all sorted . I am in UK by the way


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[ts3]

Originally Posted by Bit5711

I don’t know which part of Europe you are located but every time i receive a package from outside of EU , I just receive Import tax bill after a few days of the receipt of package usually by email or sms, and pay it online then all sorted . I am in UK by the way


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Lucky you! In this case the UK seems to have been a loophole for imports into the EU that may go away soon... As I said above, getting stuff shipped to Germany - in my case Munich - is different, at least in my experience. Maybe they are just better at collecting taxes here...

[Russell996]

Originally Posted by bit5711

i don’t know which part of europe you are located but every time i receive a package from outside of eu , i just receive import tax bill after a few days of the receipt of package usually by email or sms, and pay it online then all sorted . I am in uk by the way


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+1

[AK797]

Originally Posted by Bit5711

I don’t know which part of Europe you are located but every time i receive a package from outside of EU , I just receive Import tax bill after a few days of the receipt of package usually by email or sms, and pay it online then all sorted . I am in UK by the way


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I thought I'd got away with it once when a package arrived as until then I had only been asked to pay before or on delivery, then a few days after the package came a letter from FedEx arrived.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by V25V

Yeah, I think so. Nautinauts are sitting a while now, all of them. Think Tranh did move a blue 5711 but he has had a 5164a on for a while now sitting. I hope it is in fact happening, will make it much easier for us to get what we want and the AD's will lose their "power". I am more than happy with my AD but the stories I see on here are absurd.....

Who is tranh?

[BobDyl]

Originally Posted by V25V

Asking price and selling price are two different things. And most that have listed have been sitting.

This x 70,000. Chrono24 is unintentionally hilarious when it comes to "price."

[Fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Who is tranh?

I think that is takuya

[V25V]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Who is tranh?

Lol, I booger that all the time!


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[GB-man]

Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

I think that is takuya

That would be Thanh lol

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by V25V

Lol, I booger that all the time!


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[pam66]

Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

Lol

love it!

[TJMike]

Looking at the sales forum, there are a number of blue dials going unsold at around $70k. The white dial 5711 is going unsold at under $60k. Summer is over, but buyers have not returned.

[TJMike]

As for the 5167a, also no buyers even for one at $33k being sold by Takuya.

On a side note, it seems there are no buyers for a BNIB BLRO Pepsi at around $17k.

[WatchLurv]

Originally Posted by AK797

The last few packages I've gotten from abroad on which I had to pay VAT I just had to collect from the post office and pay the fee. If you just send the box then the value on the package is really nothing as there is no real market value on the box so you can put anything including a low figure and not even pay any VAT if you want no hassle. I just don't see how shipping the box and papers is much of a risk at all, at least into the UK.

It isn't. People are giving horror-scenarios.

I've shipped a box of 25 empty boxes to a given EU country and declared it as 2 EUR per box. My shipment was basically more expensive than the content. Still didn't get billed as the boxes are just boxes and empty.

Bringing back a good from abroad to the EU, you can just put the watch on your wrist. Leave the warranty card and bring it the next time you go to that destination. OR. Ship it with the box to an address that's unrelated to you or your family. Can't apply or charge VAT if they don't have the watch.

[myporsche]

I passed on a white dial about 4 years ago (pre price hike too) with a nice juicy discount, buy what you like, it didn't really bloww me away, I liked some Calatravas more.