johann1979
Ex Member
Hello Guys and Girls,
As promised I have started a new thread detailing my experiences in purchasing my projector directly from Europe. Sainthalo will document his experience importing his Z3 directly from Japan.
Once you have taken the time to have a look at the prices of projectors in Germany, for instance, you will see that like cars, projectors are massively overpriced here in the UK.
As the European Union is a free trade area, I believe it is every EU national's right to know that they can purchase their projector for literally hundreds less by using a German retailer.
I hereby invite all feedback from all parts of the forum community and will vow to keep all the information here on my behalf factual.
I have decided on the Hitachi PJ-TX100 - as I am a student it falls nicely into my price class and the savings I make by buying from Europe can be reinvested into my winter wardrobe.
I have ordered the machine from a site called Hifi Components, Berhard Vehn at www.hificomponents.de. Funnily it is one of the few sites that will ship to the UK, can be viewed in English and is most definitely also the cheapest.
Sadly it is not without it's obstacles. Due to the fact that companies cannot add a credit card surcharge to the price and must absorb costs themselves, I have discovered a sort of rebellion amongst German electronic retailers and found that 90% of the companies phoned today did not accept credit cards.
So things must be done the long way. The machine came to 1,024 which included insurance, delivery, German VAT and the projector. Money must be transfered to the company before hand, upon receipt of the money they will dispatch the goods.
At first this made me slightly worried, but after phoning every company I could lay my hands on I realised this was the industry standard over there.
HSBC charged me a further £21 cash handling fee so the total amount came to £694 + £21 = £715. The very cheapest TX100 on British soil woul have come to £885 inc delivery - a saving of £170.
The money saved is enough to pay for a weekend break to Germany, if you instead decide to pick up the projector yourself.
I have done a lot of homework into the company I am using and I am satisfied that they are extremely reputable.
I will post information here as I receive it.
I have already received confirmation emails of my order, stating that goods will be dispatched once they have received the Prepayment.
Yours,
Johann
As promised I have started a new thread detailing my experiences in purchasing my projector directly from Europe. Sainthalo will document his experience importing his Z3 directly from Japan.
Once you have taken the time to have a look at the prices of projectors in Germany, for instance, you will see that like cars, projectors are massively overpriced here in the UK.
As the European Union is a free trade area, I believe it is every EU national's right to know that they can purchase their projector for literally hundreds less by using a German retailer.
I hereby invite all feedback from all parts of the forum community and will vow to keep all the information here on my behalf factual.
I have decided on the Hitachi PJ-TX100 - as I am a student it falls nicely into my price class and the savings I make by buying from Europe can be reinvested into my winter wardrobe.
I have ordered the machine from a site called Hifi Components, Berhard Vehn at www.hificomponents.de. Funnily it is one of the few sites that will ship to the UK, can be viewed in English and is most definitely also the cheapest.
Sadly it is not without it's obstacles. Due to the fact that companies cannot add a credit card surcharge to the price and must absorb costs themselves, I have discovered a sort of rebellion amongst German electronic retailers and found that 90% of the companies phoned today did not accept credit cards.
So things must be done the long way. The machine came to 1,024 which included insurance, delivery, German VAT and the projector. Money must be transfered to the company before hand, upon receipt of the money they will dispatch the goods.
At first this made me slightly worried, but after phoning every company I could lay my hands on I realised this was the industry standard over there.
HSBC charged me a further £21 cash handling fee so the total amount came to £694 + £21 = £715. The very cheapest TX100 on British soil woul have come to £885 inc delivery - a saving of £170.
The money saved is enough to pay for a weekend break to Germany, if you instead decide to pick up the projector yourself.
I have done a lot of homework into the company I am using and I am satisfied that they are extremely reputable.
I will post information here as I receive it.
I have already received confirmation emails of my order, stating that goods will be dispatched once they have received the Prepayment.
Yours,
Johann