Buying from the US in the UK

[Stu66]

Is anyone in the UK familiar with buying from the US and in particular from Brigandi Coins in New York. I especially need to know of any customs or import charges etc when buying a gold sovereign from them, Ive not looked at shipping cost yet or indeed if they ship to us here. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[sixgun]

A gold sovereign from the States? It must be something special. There are no duties on gold.

[mr-dead]

No customs or import charges on investment grade gold.

Depending on the premium on the coin it may fall outside that category which I suppose doesnt help much

 

[Stu66]

Thanks for the rapid replies @sixgun @mr-dead. So I just need to see their shipping policy. It is a special date and a lot cheaper than Chards price , which is about the cheapest I found in the UK.

[Stu66]

Update on this, Brigandi don't ship internationally, just through GSP from their EBay store. Ive heard bad reports about the GSP though.

[Murph]

Yes, you'll be hit with charges to cover VAT through GSP even though there isn't any VAT due.  You could try contacting them but I haven't had any luck getting a reply or heard of anyone getting the charges dropped.

[Xander]

23 hours ago, Stu66 said:

Update on this, Brigandi don't ship internationally, just through GSP from their EBay store. Ive heard bad reports about the GSP though.

I bought a Gold $5 Dollar coin from the US a couple of months ago at a very good price and had to cancel. with GSP added it was another $164 on top of the cost. It's really annoying when there is so many good bargains to be had from the US. If I go there on holiday I would fill my boots up.😉

[5huggy]

5 minutes ago, Xander said:

If I go there on holiday I would fill my boots up

I might be able to help on that front NEXT YEAR! - sorry can t sooner

Son is determined we are having his STAG DO in Vegas!

So I would be happy to "International Bullion Courier"!!!

[Stu66]

1 hour ago, 5huggy said:

I might be able to help on that front NEXT YEAR! - sorry can t sooner

Son is determined we are having his STAG DO in Vegas!

So I would be happy to "International Bullion Courier"!!!

Depends where hide my sovereign to get it in the country.. I might not want it once its been recovered 😂🤣

[Stu66]

Theres a P.S on that too....

Its graded and in a slab ..😜

[5huggy]

1 minute ago, Stu66 said:

Theres a P.S on that too....

Its graded and in a slab ..😜

SO when push comes to shove as they say 🤪

[h103efa]

On 25/09/2019 at 17:05, Stu66 said:

Thanks for the rapid replies @sixgun @mr-dead. So I just need to see their shipping policy. It is a special date and a lot cheaper than Chards price , which is about the cheapest I found in the UK.

Just a thought, if you haven't already. You could try putting a wanted request on this forum for the specific sovereign (and grade) you are after. You never know... 

[Stu66]

23 minutes ago, h103efa said:

Just a thought, if you haven't already. You could try putting a wanted request on this forum for the specific sovereign (and grade) you are after. You never know... 

Yeah, done that already @h103efa, no joy.

[h103efa]

21 minutes ago, Stu66 said:

Yeah, done that already @h103efa, no joy.

Oh well, good luck sourcing the coin. It's part of the "fun" I guess

[sovereignsteve]

45 minutes ago, Stu66 said:

Yeah, done that already @h103efa, no joy.

What is it you were looking for?

[JunkBond]

8 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

What is it you were looking for?

1921 Sov I think.

[Stu66]

11 minutes ago, JunkBond said:

1921 Sov I think.

Thats correct @JunkBond

[JunkBond]

Sorry I cannot help however.

[Xander]

4 hours ago, 5huggy said:

I might be able to help on that front NEXT YEAR! - sorry can t sooner

Son is determined we are having his STAG DO in Vegas!

So I would be happy to "International Bullion Courier"!!!

Would it be this kind of STAG DO?😁🍺

 

[sovereignsteve]

The guy in yellow has a picture of my dog on his shirt😜

[RacerCool]

On 28/09/2019 at 01:31, 5huggy said:

I might be able to help on that front NEXT YEAR! - sorry can t sooner

Son is determined we are having his STAG DO in Vegas!

So I would be happy to "International Bullion Courier"!!!

On a completely unrelated note, why Vegas? 

A hear of a lot of people who want to have holidays/vacations in Vegas, but I don't really understand that. 

I know it's not my business but I'm just curious what the motivation is. 

[Roy]

 

[5huggy]

1 hour ago, RacerCool said:

On a completely unrelated note, why Vegas? 

A hear of a lot of people who want to have holidays/vacations in Vegas, but I don't really understand that. 

I know it's not my business but I'm just curious what the motivation is. 

What can I say!   - Just big kids! and dream of playing the tables in Vegas!

[RacerCool]

1 hour ago, 5huggy said:

What can I say!   - Just big kids! and dream of playing the tables in Vegas!

Ah, that makes sense.  That's really the only reason I would go to Vegas; to play at the casinos. But I'm not a casino kind of person, so that's why Vegas doesn't "make sense" to me. But good luck to him! 👍

[KitboyE17]

 Vegas rocks - it’s a huge adult playground. 

Casinos, shopping, eating, drinking, shooting, hookers. What more could any big kid ask for!