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Hello all,
Just wondering if anyone else outside the US has noticed the sometimes vast difference in prices for the same equipment that reefers outside the US have to stump up ?
I understand that because there are many reefers in the US that suppliers can sell in bulk thus the price is better and of course there’s local tax, import duties etc etc.
But when say a piece of equipment made and sold from inside the EU, so there’s no import duties to other EU countries plus cheaper shipping costs can literally cost double !!!!
I’ve just been looking at a piece of equipment sold in a main US and I want to add one of the best equipment suppliers to reefers in the US if not the world sells a piece of equipment for $129 yet in the UK the same equipment costs nearly $200 yet it flies or bobs past the UK on a ship !!!!!
Then if you buy it from the US you rightly have to pay import duties but then the dreaded shipping on top makes it not viable.
I suspect it’s just the price I must pay for living on a little island but just needed a rant lol
Thanks
Anthony
Just wondering if anyone else outside the US has noticed the sometimes vast difference in prices for the same equipment that reefers outside the US have to stump up ?
I understand that because there are many reefers in the US that suppliers can sell in bulk thus the price is better and of course there’s local tax, import duties etc etc.
But when say a piece of equipment made and sold from inside the EU, so there’s no import duties to other EU countries plus cheaper shipping costs can literally cost double !!!!
I’ve just been looking at a piece of equipment sold in a main US and I want to add one of the best equipment suppliers to reefers in the US if not the world sells a piece of equipment for $129 yet in the UK the same equipment costs nearly $200 yet it flies or bobs past the UK on a ship !!!!!
Then if you buy it from the US you rightly have to pay import duties but then the dreaded shipping on top makes it not viable.
I suspect it’s just the price I must pay for living on a little island but just needed a rant lol
Thanks
Anthony