Has anyone bought their bathroom goods from French warehouses (Calais, Dunkerque.....)? The price difference on their internet sites compared with the UK appears to be too good to be true. My experiences in life usually show this to be so. Is there a catch or is it a good deal?
Buying sanitaryware in France
- Thread starter Groundhog
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Newboy
In principle not a problem but
1) Spares can difficult to trace in the event of failure or missing items
2) Sometimes connectors have different thread pitch or fitting size
3) Taps can be designed fot high pressure supplies and give poor flow rates when fitted to tank fed UK systems
1) Spares can difficult to trace in the event of failure or missing items
2) Sometimes connectors have different thread pitch or fitting size
3) Taps can be designed fot high pressure supplies and give poor flow rates when fitted to tank fed UK systems
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Moz
+they dont conform to British standards
most of the stuff we buy here is foreign crap anyway.
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breezer
foreign rubbish it may be, but its desiged to be used over herefitz1 said:
as for getting stuff from france you may have to pay import duty and VAT on it
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Newboy
No duty or VAT payable - like it or not we're in the EU!
if its designed for over here , why does nothing fit those stupid chrome wastes on the glass bowl basins.
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Moz
newboy
you still pay import tax on how many you import , lol
fitz1
why does nothing fit those stupid chrome wastes on the glass bowl basins.
cause you are a cr*p plumber..........
only kidding , never had a prob ,
you still pay import tax on how many you import , lol
fitz1
why does nothing fit those stupid chrome wastes on the glass bowl basins.
cause you are a cr*p plumber..........
only kidding , never had a prob ,
think they are about 29mm
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Moz
fitz1
what bugged me years ago were when all "Brit" wastes went plastic , flaming awful cheap tacky threadless things .....
what bugged me years ago were when all "Brit" wastes went plastic , flaming awful cheap tacky threadless things .....
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breezer
newboy said:
Moz said:
so who is right ?
totally agree chrishutt.im thinking of going home to poland.
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Newboy
there is no import duty or vat payable on inter-country transactions within the EU
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breezer
i am not saying you are right, i am also not saying you are wrong, I am curious, can you prove your statement?
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