European prices

Planning on buying Vita (or 3DS) next year. Going to be staying in UK though, so have to put up with much higher prices. Can I import? If I do, will they slap a tax on it? If anyone ever had experience with this sort of thing, I'd like to know about it. Thanks

If you're unfortunate, they'll collar you with import taxes at customs, which can be up to 40 quid or so. You need to make sure they're not region locked aswell buddy - in their SHOP and also in their actual games!!

3DS is at 159 now in some places. We get treated so badly

We'll take the dollar to sterling conversion on a one to one basis like the good little bitches we are.

The brits and any country with the euro gets fucked over on video game prices to the point that I close my eyes when buying them (so that explains why they're all shit...). I would not recommend you buy video games in Europe

The brits and any country with the euro gets fucked over on video game prices to the point that I close my eyes when buying them (so that explains why they're all shit...). I would not recommend you buy video games in Europe

@TheSeductiveMoose said:

@Yanngc33 said:

The brits and any country with the euro gets fucked over on video game prices to the point that I close my eyes when buying them (so that explains why they're all shit...). I would not recommend you buy video games in Europe

Some of us non-euro people get even more fucked over, new games can cost up to $120 over here. Your point still stands, though. Don't buy game related things in most Europe if you have another option.

Where in the world do you live????

@TheSeductiveMoose said:

@Yanngc33 said:

The brits and any country with the euro gets fucked over on video game prices to the point that I close my eyes when buying them (so that explains why they're all shit...). I would not recommend you buy video games in Europe

Some of us non-euro people get even more fucked over, new games can cost up to $120 over here. Your point still stands, though. Don't buy game related things in most Europe if you have another option.

Where in the world do you live????

Australia seems to get fucked hardest routinely.

Glad I live in America, for once.

Haha, I'm used to European prices by now!

@Yanngc33 said:

@TheSeductiveMoose said:

@Yanngc33 said:

The brits and any country with the euro gets fucked over on video game prices to the point that I close my eyes when buying them (so that explains why they're all shit...). I would not recommend you buy video games in Europe

Some of us non-euro people get even more fucked over, new games can cost up to $120 over here. Your point still stands, though. Don't buy game related things in most Europe if you have another option.

Where in the world do you live????

Prob Australia

They may put tax on stuff ordered from ouside of Europe plus many shop doesnt ship stuff here.

I have only ever imported games, and have been hit once by import taxes. Funny thing is even with import tax and shipping it usually comes out cheaper. And a lot of the times it doesn't even hit the threshold where I should start paying import tax.

On hardware the chances of having to pony up the tax seem higher, but my sister moved to the US earlier this year, so I'll have her send me a Vita if I want one. Or I'll pick one up when I go visit her.

approx 10% import duty on electrical, 20% VAT and courier handling fee (usually £4-10).  It isn't that bad against for UK nationals if you consider US price excludes sales tax but if you are converting $ to £, with the current exchange rate, you are going to feel sore afterwards.