Mine arrived AM today.
Ordered late 2 Jan here ths AM
£184 all in from Relojes de Moda. Absolutely first class service.
First impressions. The straps a bit short but very comfortable. I will need to alter some settings, day first etc
Any easy fixes to swap the strap for a casio lightweight bracelet? or longer strap?
Not yet received, but had to pay taxes today, 50.00 quid.. sort of taken the shine off it..but to be expected.
I thought the extra thickness of the screwback meant the bracelet didn’t fit properly? - mine is on the last hole but two with barely enough strap to fit in the keeper - for the first few days it was annoying as the keeper kept moving and the strap end was coming free, but after a while the strap seems to conform and the keeper hardly ever moves now. Having fitted the bracelets to a 5610 in the past I can’t be bothered to try again if it doesn’t fit properly
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It's US based, but you can get the band separately at www.pacparts.com. I have one on my 5600.
For people who have the GW5000U (which has an LED backlight) and a GW5600 (with EL backlight) - does the type of backlight change the readability of the digits at an angle?
Ordered Wed 29th December, on my wrist this morning. And I don't think I've ever done an unboxing post for a watch before.
Well, the joke's on me - I can't read the watch without my glasses, so please expect it on the SC soon!
Edit! https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...FS-GW5000U-1JF
Last edited by Qatar-wol; 10th January 2022 at 18:53.
Well I thought I’d avoided the import fees but no, DHL letter just landed asking for £47! If you ordered from Spain as I did (Relojes de Moda) it may be on its way to you too, brace yourself. So not the bargain we all thought. Well done DHL for leaving it for over a month and a half, I received the watch on 5 January.
We live and learn, I think I’m done now with importing watches. I’ve happily paid the fee obviously
^ Even more of a bargain for the buyer of Qatar's watch. 1.5 months delay is ridiculous.
I wouldn’t expect the whole postage cost to be much over £11.71 so unless the tax is around 100% I can’t see it.
I believe that the VAT rate in Spain is 21% so 1% higher than in the UK - I’d certainly ask Relojesdemoda and see what they say.
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I’ve had it confirmed by Relojes de Moda that we pay no local Spanish VAT on products over £135 but UK custom duties apply when they arrive here.
Here’s part of their reply
‘Orders that exceed 135 pounds DO NOT pay tax on the web but DO pay customs duties.
Orders that DO NOT exceed 135 pounds DO pay taxes on the web but DO NOT pay customs duties’
The DHL shipping value mentioned above must be just that, shipping costs inc VAT.
Hope this clarifies it for anyone else.
That seems rather sharp practice to clearly state ‘Tax Included’ and even quote ‘tax incl.’.
when they are seemingly not included.
On Amazon you are given a clear price inclusive of all taxes and duties for the product delivered to your doorstep which is how I think it should be when sellers make statements like that.
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It's very confusing but also very common from what I have seen with EU vendors.
It's just that their software does not fully take into account export-from-EU sales and alter the phraseology correctly.
As oiljam quoted, what taxes are or are not includes depends on the value of the order since the vendor uses HMRC's scheme for smaller purchases.
Confusingly, some EU vendors are also registered for UK VAT and so can charge UK VAT on higher value orders as well.