Buying a Bose Lifestyle in the US and posting to Ireland ?

joebre

It's been posted before but the OP did not get any relevant replies.
Bose Lifestyle 48 costs €6,000 here but can be bought for $4,000 in the States !
Wondering what is the import duty / Vat to be paid on such a purchase ?

joebre

Sparky

Shipments sent from outside the EU may be liable for Customs Duty, Excise Duty and VAT.

Goods are liable to VAT at the same rate as applies to the sale within the State of similar goods - usually 21%.

VAT is calculated on the total of 1) value of the goods for customs purposes, 2) the amount of any other duty or tax applicable, 3) any transport, handling and insurance costs between the place of introduction into the EU and the final destination within the State.

You may also want to read this for some reference
http://www.revenue.ie/services/foi/s16_2001/valuat_.pdf

joebre

Thanks for reply, Sparky-S.
Even allowing for the duty / Vat, there is still a considerable saving to be made. I presume that these items are multi-voltage !

joebre

branners69

Bose have an outlet store in Chesire Oaks, just outside Liverpool.

Was just there last week and they had a decent enough choice. Could be worth your while giving them a ring to see what they can do? Just add the cost of a cheap return flight over!!

Kintarō Hattori

As far as I know Bose stuff bought in the US won't work properly here.

joebre

Googled that outlet store and found one in Antrim, Northern Ireland as well ! Did you buy anything in Liverpool ?
A store in Cork is offering a €500 trade in offer at the moment !

joebre

Sparky

You will need a step down transformer that can takes the wattage and amps of the system.

They are not hard to get.

formatman

stepping down voltage is one thing , but some devices won't work on 50/60Hz

Check this , also the 5 yr warranty , check that you won't be shunned by Bose here for a Grey import , not that they going to break anyway .....! ?

That why tvs are cheaper in the US somewaht the power supplies for a 120W 60hz is cheaper to manufacture than a 240W 50Hz

old boy

american car radios work on a diff freq than european ones, i presume the home ent. thingys are no diff

Slaphead07

eo980 wrote:

As far as I know Bose stuff bought in the US won't work properly here.

Nothing made by BOSE works properly. If you like crude bass and spitty treble with no mid-range then BOSE is yer man. I'm not slggin' off anyones system but the "lifestyle" tag is very accurate.

Greenman

old boy wrote:

american car radios work on a diff freq than european ones, i presume the home ent. thingys are no diff

FM radio in North America jumps 88.1 mhz ,88.3 mhz etc and AM radio 560 khz,570 khz 580 khz etc.

mossym

formatman wrote:

stepping down voltage is one thing , but some devices won't work on 50/60Hz

Check this , also the 5 yr warranty , check that you won't be shunned by Bose here for a Grey import , not that they going to break anyway .....! ?

That why tvs are cheaper in the US somewaht the power supplies for a 120W 60hz is cheaper to manufacture than a 240W 50Hz

first of all, it's 120V and 240V, not w, watts is power, volts is what electricity is rated in..

second of all, all it is is a differnt winding off the primary transformer to get 120 or 240, the 50/60 is dictated by the power grid..

so i doubt very much there is that much difference between the price of a 120 and 240v power brick. Most of the expense is on the POL power side..

mossym

Slaphead07 wrote:

Nothing made by BOSE works properly. If you like crude bass and spitty treble with no mid-range then BOSE is yer man. I'm not slggin' off anyones system but the "lifestyle" tag is very accurate.

amen to that..