why oh why do we have to pay so much more for kit here in the UK compared to just across the channel, check out some examples, these are all prices prior to any negitiated discount......

www.surfstore.co.uk

2002 Acid 94 £749

2002 Carve 111 £749

2002 JP FSW 94 £899


www.roho.co.uk

2003 JP FSW 91 £929


www.lonasport.de

2003 JP FSW 91 - £840.65

2002 JP FSW 94 - £806.40

2002 Carve 111 £696.80

2002 Acid 94 £696.80

Ridiculous isn't it....How does shipping etc work from www.Ionasport.de? Is it easy enough to get it shipped in to the UK...how much extra does that cost? I'm sure it still works out cheaper, but it could be a bit of hassle. AND, kit should be the same price here in the first place anyway.

These price differences are the very reason that I'm shopping with Gun Sails these days. Has anyone tried one of their boards? I quite like the look of the Krypton (245cm x 53cm x 80l) in replacement ofr my Mistral Eruption. Especially as the list price in the UK (with full UK warranty back up etc.) is only £595.
They have said I can try one on demo, so I'm just waiting for a windy weekend and then I'll get one sent out to me.

Al.

UK shipping is 85 Euro's for a board, but some parts of the site suggest that delivery is included in the price ?

they also have a club scheme that gets you an extra 2% discount

might have a good nose around some other overseas sites to compare prices

Yeah, thats the trouble...By the time you pay for the shipping and the hassle its actually better buying the stuff from the UK at 'rip off' prices.

Mind you, I know plenty of people who are always going to Germany, so its worth keeping an eye on the price differences....Not that I can afford anything after my recent spending spree.

A good place for euro priced kit is www.looping.de
i've bought a lot of stuff from the guy who runs this (miro). he's extremely helpful, shipping is actually quite cheap. have saved myself hundreds of pounds in the last few years.

Recently the uk prices have come down a bit to try and come into line but they are still higher pretty much across the board (no pun intended).