On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > > Instant alarm bells to me are a seller posting a London address but the > > item is > > 'for pickup only in Budapest, Hungary' > > Yes I noticed that too. Very odd, and £750 to ship to the UK!!
They just chose to pay taxes in the UK and/or to fall under the UK jurisdiction, which is one of the benefits of the single EU market for businesses. It's not uncommon and there are various reasons to do that, generally to lower the cost and/or the risk of running a business. It's just like many US companies are registered in the state of Delaware even though they really run their business elsewhere. If you look through their store, you'll find other items whose price and postage are both reasonable, so it just could be an oddball case of getting the asking price wrong. I guess you can always ask them if they really mean it. Also it starts getting tricky to ship individual items abroad from/to many places once you get above 20kg (~44lbs), and they say it (indirectly) in the description, stating that they'll use your carrier of choice. FWIW, Maciej