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#1 User is offline   nif40 

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 03:55 PM

I have a friend who is moving to the UK for a couple of years. He has an 05 Scorpa trials bike. Would it be cheaper for him to sell his bike in the US and purchase when he gets to the UK or should he ship his bike to UK?

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 06:51 PM

An '05 Scorpa (I assume a 250) in reasonable condition, in the UK, is I guess worth about £1200 stirling say $1800.

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Posted 14 June 2010 - 03:18 PM

View Postnif40, on Jun 2 2010, 04:55 PM, said:

I have a friend who is moving to the UK for a couple of years. He has an 05 Scorpa trials bike. Would it be cheaper for him to sell his bike in the US and purchase when he gets to the UK or should he ship his bike to UK?

My father-in-law lives in NC and is looking for a trials bike at the moment. He keeps sending me links and the prices are frightening. Trials bikes seem to hold value on that side of the Atlantic.

I would flog it Stateside and buy over here, I'm sure he'll be better off for it even if you don't include the added costs of - import duties, shipping, VAT & insurance against damage.

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