There can be a problem with the insurance if you down value the shipment.
$600 worth of chips, sales docket says $60... insurance pays out $60 if they get lost ... ouch!!!!
I costed up the price of buying my paulsons (600 PCR and 400 NPS) from the US and after the shipping, import duty, tax and the hassle I decided to get them from Marlow instead. Basically they are shipped from Apache/Dice702 in the states but the tax and duty is all paid and the whole experience becomes hassle free.
I guess you can work out the difference yourself.
£price of set = num of chips * ($price / 2) (£1 == $2)
£cost = (£price of set + shipping) * import duty(1.18 * VAT(UK=1.17) + Customs/FedEx fee £10
Note: Fedex includes the shipping cost in the calculation
One day when I can no longer resist the temptation to get some BCC or ASM customs I will have to bite the bullet with the tax man.
