Buying from flying hobby

[Rowey]

Thinking about buying next heli from flying hobby, interested to hear from people with experience of dealing with them.

[GIXERMAN]

Never heard off them, but plenty of good suppliers in uk fast lads, midlands and many more, and don't forget you can get caught for import duty.

[CageyH]

I have ordered a few spares from them before, when I have not found the Gaui spares I needed closer to home.
I didn't have any problems, but I have not used them regularly.

[tomatwalden]

Yeah - bear in mind they're based in Hong Kong, so prices are missing VAT + import costs.

For good prices - try searching using debrooker's website ... RCFerret : Ferreting for your parts

[ian17]

Thinking about buying next heli from flying hobby, interested to hear from people with experience of dealing with them.

Hi Rowey
I have ordered 2 kits off them about five years ago at different times , exchange rate was better then than now and was worth the risk of being caught by customs charges.
Service both times was excellent , ordered on sunday and received on wednesday.
I have just received a new kit from over here in uk and it was not £100 more expensive, so not really worth the risk of getting custom charges.
Cannot fault their customer service though.
Hope this helps
ian

[Rowey]

Hi Rowey
I have ordered 2 kits off them about five years ago at different times , exchange rate was better then than now and was worth the risk of being caught by customs charges.
Service both times was excellent , ordered on sunday and received on wednesday.
I have just received a new kit from over here in uk and it was not £100 more expensive, so not really worth the risk of getting custom charges.
Cannot fault their customer service though.
Hope this helps
ian

cheers ian. I am looking at the gaui x5 premium which is practically £200 cheaper than fast lad, I guess that saving would diminish considerably if vat etc is applied

[debrooker]

I've been down this route and whilst this is a good company to deal with. If you get stung with import duty etc the savings disappear. shop around see if storesAre willing to price match. noticed align trex have some great daily deals on at the mo.

[ian17]

cheers ian. I am looking at the gaui x5 premium which is practically £200 cheaper than fast lad, I guess that saving would diminish considerably if vat etc is applied

Hi Rowey
That`s roughley what i saved at time , could go either way with customs though.
Things have changed from then , you read about people getting caught by customs charges and then wish they had brought from over here. Plus if somethings missing broken it`s your loss.
Good luck wherever you buy from.
Id e-mail a few uk shops and ask for best price they can do. You may even get a good deal , i did.

ian

[Ross Northcott]

There a good company, ordered a X5 and X4II and basically with the saving over the UK prices i got a Kontronik 100lv for free each time, ie saved over just under £300 each time, in the country within 3 days just took a week to clear customs, the custom charges were around the £20 mark each time.