Solitary chicken - need advice

[choppish]

there seems to be a large disparity between the US site and the uk site. the US site charges 495USD for the eglu all in and the UK charges £395.

 

The US price is about £247 in UK pounds.

 

seems we in the uk are paying a lot more than our cousins across the pond!

 

just an observation...!

[TAJ]

Is that US price with hens? UK price is £360, which includes £20 delivery, without hens & feed.

 

Tracy

[Egluntyne]

Things are always dearer here.

 

Maybe we should order over there and then import them back. It might be cheaper!

[WitchHazel]

When doing comparisons, please don't forget that the exchange rate is very variable, and just happens to be in our purchasing favour at the moment.

 

I would also expect the price to be VAT free for export, saving a further 17.5%

 

I wonder if the people importing into the US also have to pay the US form of excise duty/import tax?

[TAJ]

I just looked at the US site $495 is without chickens or delivery - basic delivery is $170 in US = $665 without hens or feed.

 

So that makes it only slightly cheaper than UK.

 

Tracy

[DominicJ]

That's tax for you