Hello,
I have bought a few times from across the pond. Some suppliers are unaware there are other countries other than the USA. I asked one for a shipping cost, they replied by saying i would have to get my own quote from UPS, as they were unable to tell me the size or weight of the parcel this would have been impossible, i went eleswhere.
I recently bought a Gaugemaster Prodigy DCC system from the UK. But when it came to adding a second handheld a bought from the US, Digistardcc.com. Uk cost £79, US $75, even when shipping is included i saved money, communication and service was excellent.
A TCS-M1 decoder, UK £18.00, US $23.75, at the exchange rate of 1.75, you would save about £4.50 per decoder, so its like buy 4, get one free.
All the suppliers I have used I contacted by e-mail first, and judged the response as whether to use them or not. but all the things i have bought were good value including the postage.
As with UK models, the quality and detail vary, you get what you pay for, but generally you get a lot more for your money in terms of detail, performance, ligthing etc than a UK model.
I have bought a few times from across the pond. Some suppliers are unaware there are other countries other than the USA. I asked one for a shipping cost, they replied by saying i would have to get my own quote from UPS, as they were unable to tell me the size or weight of the parcel this would have been impossible, i went eleswhere.
I recently bought a Gaugemaster Prodigy DCC system from the UK. But when it came to adding a second handheld a bought from the US, Digistardcc.com. Uk cost £79, US $75, even when shipping is included i saved money, communication and service was excellent.
A TCS-M1 decoder, UK £18.00, US $23.75, at the exchange rate of 1.75, you would save about £4.50 per decoder, so its like buy 4, get one free.
All the suppliers I have used I contacted by e-mail first, and judged the response as whether to use them or not. but all the things i have bought were good value including the postage.
As with UK models, the quality and detail vary, you get what you pay for, but generally you get a lot more for your money in terms of detail, performance, ligthing etc than a UK model.