rogier wrote:
I would like to purchase a Bentley Motors or 6.75 Steel with white/silver dail. It seems the price is so big that I could fly from LDN to NY buy it online for cheaper than getting it from the online shops in the UK. Is this the real situation?! Any idea what pricing is realistic on both models?
Yes that is the real situation! As a fellow UK inhabitant, I too spend a lot of time scouring watch internet sites that don't have ".co.uk" written after them, and invariably get throughly p*ssed off at the prices we pay over here! In terms of what is "realistic pricing" for both models... well, all I can say is that prices vary considerably. A UK AD will rush you just over £5k for a Motors on a bracelet. By contrast I've seen Stateside mall-based watch shops selling brand new Motors on their internet sites for the equivalent of £3K.
Sure these US shops are not official AD's but they are often established jewellers with brand new stock with all the serial numbers intact etc.
A word of warning though - if you buy over the net from the US, expect to be hit with a VAT/import/handling/anything-else-you-can-think-of tax bill at this end once Customs get hold of it. This can be around 20% to 25% or so which, on the afore mentioned Motors, will mean an additional £600 to £750 on top of the purchase price.
Buying one abroad and wearing it back is another option, but again Customs can challenge you on a nice new shiny watch and charge you the above taxes in person. (They may also consider your apparent lack of honesty in failing to declare it as an invitation for them to don the rubber gloves!
Not a healthy prospect if you are intending to sit down again anytime soon!!!
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