Porter cable for £85 in UK

[m.r.davies]

http://www.maxtool.co.uk/index/porter-cable/polishers.asp

Am I missing something here or are these a really good deal?
there are 3 on that page. christmas is coming soon and it would make a good pressie for me of the wife!

thoughts?

 

[Empi5]

It might be a UK site saying .co.uk but delivery is from the USA, if you add 1 to the cart and proceed to the checkout, it adds about £50 for fedex delivery.

Subtotal £ 81.94
Fedex_Express_ZM Posting £ 48.09
All VAT Included £ 0.00
Total Price Delivered £ 130.03


I bought one from Autopia in the USA, fantastic service.

 

[m.r.davies]

bummer!

do you need a transfomer then?

 

[Empi5]

bummer!

do you need a transfomer then?

yep. and you need to cut the plug off and replace with adaptor.

All in all budget for about £150, then whatever pads you need.

If your interested in buying one mate, i can probably try and find the link and code that gives you a 15% discount ,

 

[daniel_owen_uk]

You would probably get stung on import duty + VAT if it's shipped from the USA as well.

 

[Empi5]

Autopia wrap the package up well and mark it accordingly so not to get caught with any add ons. Quite a few of us have bought from them ( i have twice) and never got asked to pay any excess.

 

[andycupra]

are they vat and duty exempt then?

 

[Empi5]

Could be something to do with packaging marked as a gift and a value of £20 ?

 

[m.r.davies]

hmm sounds good, i'll chat with the wifey

 

[Forbez]

Yes mate, get it through autopia, or www.cleanyourcar.co.uk do some complete kits!

 

[m.r.davies]

I've actually been on detailingworld.com and chatted to some of the members over there

They seem to be rating the bitlema cyclo polisher
http://detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4791
they are like £20 but no where in the UK sells them, there is a guy who can get them in sweden and can deliver them for £53
http://detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9771

Apparently they are amazing for the price and have more torque than the PC, there is a guy on there who has done a comparision and by the sounds of it, its just what I need.

Does anyone else have one of these? i'm prolly going to get one

 

[Forbez]

Was going to get one, when my friend goes to finland, but dunno if its money wasted. But it certainly looks a good piece of kit, and cheaper than the Cyclo.

 

[jetsetjimbo]

Autopia wrap the package up well and mark it accordingly so not to get caught with any add ons. Quite a few of us have bought from them ( i have twice) and never got asked to pay any excess.

You bought 2???


How goes it Phil?

 

[Empi5]

Hey Up fella, not bad not bad.

I bought two purchases, One PC and then an order of other goodies.

Saying that, the Porter is still in its box unopened.

 

[m.r.davies]

dont get the cyclo coz it costs loads and doesn't have variable speed like the bitlema cyclo (apparently they are virtually the same machine)

also there is a guy called daggs on the links i provided who is doing another group buy so send him a PM if you want one (around £50)