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Atavan-Halen

A console from Japan off eBay. I Ordered from the seller before and while I paid €170 for the item, they marked the value on the box as $50 and I didn't get any customs charges. Didn't ask them to do that by the way. Hopefully the same will happen as this item was €220 or so =\

Retr0gamer

20 euros is the customs limit in Ireland so even with 50 as a value it can still get pulled.

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

20 euros is the customs limit in Ireland so even with 50 as a value it can still get pulled.

Yeah I know but charges on a $50 item would be a lot more favourable than $200+

o1s1n

Here are the import and duty thresholds for Ireland.

If the item exceeds €150 you can git hit for both

Some things are actually completely exempt. Off the top of my head, books and children's clothes.

Duty is not charged if either:
the FOB value, i.e. the value of the goods excluding shipping and insurance cost, does not exceed €150
the amount of duty payable on a consignment does not exceed €10

VAT is not charged if either:

the CIF value, i.e. the sum of the value of the goods, shipping and insurance cost, does not exceed €22
the amount of VAT payable on a consignment does not exceed €6

Myrddin

What console did you buy?

o1s1n

Myrddin wrote: »

What console did you buy?

The most important question and we let it pass us by

€220 - must be something fancy anyway!

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

€220 - must be something fancy anyway!

My thoughts exactly

Andrew76

I'm guessing a Wii-U or maybe another Pokemon themed 3DS.

CiDeRmAn

220 euro worth of Dreamcast Trance packs?
Remember to give them a rinse!

CiDeRmAn

Thanks to the awesome Atavan for DrillLand on the GC, its simply brilliant, best of the series.
Best game involving digging and rocks on any format, even ones with Boulders and Dashing....

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

The most important question and we let it pass us by

€220 - must be something fancy anyway!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Retr0gamer wrote: »

20 euros is the customs limit in Ireland so even with 50 as a value it can still get pulled.

22 I think http://www.revenue.ie/en/customs/leaflets/pn1179.html
"Consignments not exceeding a total customs value of €22 may be imported without payment of VAT."

Retr0gamer

My haul from returning home. One of these was pretty expensive.

CiDeRmAn

Thanks to Sera and Retr0 for Star Soldier for my Famicom!
I'm not sure what the GB title is as I haven't tried it yet, but thanks for that too!

o1s1n

Just got one of these, super low profile import adapter. Should be able to play my NTSC US carts now without cutting the case.

eddhorse

o1s1n wrote: »

Just got one of these, super low profile import adapter. Should be able to play my NTSC US carts now without cutting the case.

Nice, will get one of them so

o1s1n

Yeah I can't stand using the regular import adapters, they just stand far too high out of the console and you end up with that tower effect.

These are called 'super adapters'. Can't see any more on ebay at the moment, but there's a super key which is the same size

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Key-Super-Adaptor-fur-Super-Nintendo-SNES/221618304604?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D4909e0221f9c4c14b10350008eff6f4f%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D20131017132637%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D111535703121

eddhorse

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah I can't stand using the regular import adapters, they just stand far too high out of the console and you end up with that tower effect.

These are called 'super adapters'. Can't see any more on ebay at the moment, but there's a super key which is the same siz

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Super-Key-Super-Adaptor-fur-Super-Nintendo-SNES/221618304604?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D4909e0221f9c4c14b10350008eff6f4f%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D20131017132637%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D111535703121

Thanks, that link works better

eddhorse

In other news,

I have a Gamecube and 1943 PCB on the way.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Thanks to Sera and Retr0 for Star Soldier for my Famicom!
I'm not sure what the GB title is as I haven't tried it yet, but thanks for that too!

It's hard to remember the GB title, it had a lot of r's but I did (Magical Taruruuto Kun), I liked it on SNES too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGVLZUCBsY

I got it for Retr0 too a little while back. Just small thanks for all the hosting.

CiDeRmAn

Well, thanks loads, it's always good to get something new and even better when you knew nothing about the game beforehand!

CiDeRmAn

eddhorse wrote: »

Thanks, that link works better

Nope, this Link works better!

BGOllie

got these last week for the MSX but forgot to post 'em here
My old Parodius cart that got dug out of the attic and sent over and a 40 in 1 repro cart from Repro Factory.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Fanfugutastic Persona Q book Atavan brought back from Japan with some other goodies!
I couldn't pre order pal PQ with the ost and stuff, way too expensive so it made me mega happy! (*˘︶˘*)

o1s1n

I think my missing N64 games finally turned up! For a moment I thought I'd dreamed them all up and was going mad.

Seems there was a crate of videogames found under a bed in the spare room of the parents house.

/Fingers and toes all crossed for that CIB Paper Mario.

Expect pictures soon!

o1s1n

Lots more stuff than I was expecting. So many PS2 games I'd totally forgotten I had.

On a side point, damn those Tesco crates hold a lot of stuff :eek:

Unfortunately what I thought was Paper Mario was in fact Yoshi's Story.



Finally got a chance to hook this up too. It doesn't seem to do anything.. although I don't have a disk so maybe it doesn't try to boot up unless there's something in it? Ah well, looks cool anyway. And yes yes, I know, 50hz the horror

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

And yes yes, I know, 50hz the horror

Still a nice surprising haul I'd love to get all my stuff out of the attic and catalogue it so I can see if anything is mising.

o1s1n

Was some surprise alright! Literally everything is out of storage now, so wasn't expecting anything of that magnitude to be left hidden away somewhere.

Some great PS1 and PS2 games in there, including your old favourite R Type Final :pac:

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Some great PS1 and PS2 games in there, including your old favourite R Type Final :pac:

Ah, the legend of dragoon of shmups.

murphyebass

Its a real shame that the N64 games havent aged well.

Now I'm doing two things wrong. Flat screen tv and pal.

But I have the console goods adapter and I recently got the expansion pak.

But alas a lot of games just look horrible and quite a few have slowdown. Playing NFL QB club the other day out of curiosity as it came with the console when I got it and my god the slow down was awful.

I though the expansion pak might help but nope.

At least I can give perfect dark a go now though.