Originally Posted by
Diode100
What about your Downtube link up - when are we going to be able to buy a DT Mini in the UK ? Yan says perhaps it'll be when he has moved all existing stock, but who knows how long that will take.
You can buy a Downtube Mini but shipped from the US so it would cost the following:
$
US price (Downtube.com) 459.00
Shipping 190.00
Anti-dumping duty (50%) 229.50
VAT (17.5%) 80.33
Total in $US 958.83
Total £GBP £484.38
It's the anti-dumping duty that is the killer. It's levied on many products coming into the EU that originate from Greater China to avoid cheap goods flooding the market and possibly damaging EU firms. However bringing affordable bikes to the market in an area where governments, espcially in the EU want more green transport defies logic. The Mini is still great value at just over £300 with 8 speed SA hub gears but the increase in price due to the 50% tax could be a deal breaker.