Dust Cloud Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Got a news letter from Hobbyking today and they are planning to expand in Europe. See quote below. "Due to the success of our Hamburg warehouse we will be expanding the model to UK and France, whilst gradually increasing stock volumes in all warehouses." Of course prices will include VAT so it might reduce their advantage slightly and it could be a long time before it happens as there is no timescale mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 hmmm, Not sure they will be such a bargain over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc-racer-kirby Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 They are already shipping from a warehouse in Denmark or Germany ( forget which lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hide Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 To be honest a $5 lipo there is going to be $8.75 here. Not a huge increase considering cheaper postage here. Well thats all I buy from there anyway so I'm happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcsammy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 hmm will be interesting to see, i think it will end up still being cheaper to buy from HK if you dont mind waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Cloud Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 The German warehouse is getting a warranty returns center. I guess thats being driven by EU consumer laws. A UK warehouse will mean fast delivery and it will be worth sending stuff back under warranty. Not that I have had any cause to yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adeace Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 cheap ezruns as well then hopefully ? and turnigy lipos ? lets hope they get them in stock soon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sounds good, will be interesting to see what the prices are. Should be cheaper than the current UK sellers, as they are buying them from Hobbyking anyway. Do you think you could buy stuff from HK, then return it to the UK warehouse if it went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Do you think you could buy stuff from HK, then return it to the UK warehouse if it went wrong? I can see this being the biggest benefit. For large orders I'd say HK will still be cheaper but for small orders, the convenience of the UK branch should do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Cloud Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I would imagine all web orders will be directed automatically to the UK warehouse. It is possible if you are in the UK you will not have the option of ordering from Hong Kong any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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