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Does anyone know what charges I'll have to pay for importing clock mechanisms and hands. Currently used rainforest shop but need to get prices of my clocks down.

Any help would be great
 
Ali Express have uk warehouses now a days, I'm not sure how it works but I was shocked to get a retro games console within 2 days and there was no import taxes.

TBH it was the first thing and last thing I've ordered from them, but based on my last experince... I would order again.
 
I have ordered a couple of small items from them but know people who have ordered things and never had import issues or fees, as above think some things come from the UK and I was advised to choose items that have "Choice" on the product description
 
I've used it for cheap tat such as USB cables (for 2p, bargain), but I wouldn't use it for anything valuable. So many stories of people getting empty boxes/parcel not turning up then having great difficulty to get any sort of refund.
 
Bought so many bike parts from Ali express its untrue, never had a issue. Spent close to grand on some carbon wheels and they are a bargain :)
 
I have bought two things from Ali Express - some tactile switches and some SA profile key caps. Both are clones of named brands, but both are also fantastic and set me back about £30 for it all, rather than closer to probably £100 for "real" ones.

Im currently contemplating a 2TB 1030 SSD for £70
 
You can end up in a bind if something appears to be worth more than £135 and end up paying hefty tax and charges.

I only bother now for fairly cheap items.
 
You now pay vat at the checkout, and no import fees up to £135 as above.

I've spent over £500 in the last year on components and bits, a signal generator, oscilloscope multimeter. Everything turned up and is fine but you have to assume there is no real warranty and buy from bigger sellers with good feedback.

A lot of it is random stuff you see on the big UK marketplaces. Sometimes Ali is much cheaper, other times more expensive.

Buyer beware, there are obvious scams but for smaller purchases it has been fine.

Last was a £42 N3350 mini pc, terrible as a desktop but used instead of a Pi under Linux and takes a M.2 SATA natively. Arrived in 4 days.
 
Like everyone says, the key to a good experience in Aliexpress are

1 - Buy it on the understanding that you have no warranty support
2 - Keep it under £135
3 - Buy things that you know what it is. So trying to buy a Nintendo Switch for £50, when it is listed as a Switch is a bad idea. Whereas buying £50 set of coffee stuff like tamper, scales, mats is perfectly fine. Even okay to buy Retro consoles too as lots of sellers have official stores on there. So get it from the official stores.

Also, I always use Pay After Delivery option, it's exactly what it means, you pay after it has arrived.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Like everyone says, the key to a good experience in Aliexpress are

1 - Buy it on the understanding that you have no warranty support
2 - Keep it under £135
3 - Buy things that you know what it is. So trying to buy a Nintendo Switch for £50, when it is listed as a Switch is a bad idea. Whereas buying £50 set of coffee stuff like tamper, scales, mats is perfectly fine. Even okay to buy Retro consoles too as lots of sellers have official stores on there. So get it from the official stores.

Also, I always use Pay After Delivery option, it's exactly what it means, you pay after it has arrived.
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suprisingly i bought a £84 watch , it packed in after a week , they sent a UK return label and refunded within a few days.
But yeh normally expect zero warranty
 
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leemk said:
suprisingly i bought a £84 watch , it packed in after a week , they sent a UK return label and refunded within a few days.
But yeh normally expect zero warranty
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It was looking at watches on YouTube that got me looking for clock mechanisms on there
 
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