A T Pro Rip Off Price in UK

[leslie]

A Dealer on Flea Bay UK is offering the A T Pro (late Nov early Dec delivery) Price 589.99 GB Pounds, thats a staggering 951.3 US Dollars can,t see many of them flying through the door.

I for one will pass at those inflated prices.

Les

 

[Watchmaker]

At least the price is coming down. The advertised RRP in the magazines is

 

[John-Edmonton]

I think he is trying to sell a few before they become more readily available. I bet Garrett has a very large order to fill for the UK. And I bet some people will pay that amount too....simply because they can.

 

[skippers]

A Dealer on Flea Bay UK is offering the A T Pro (late Nov early Dec delivery) Price 589.99 GB Pounds, that's a staggering 951.3 US Dollars can,t see many of them flying through the door.

I for one will pass at those inflated prices.

Les

Leslie, I've been to the UK several times in the last few years. What I've noticed is that their prices seem to match ours to some degree in number, i.e. 589.99 GB pounds to the $599.00 my dealer quoted me for a new AT Pro when they come out. Course, if you come from the US, to us it converts to the $951.30, but they get paid in pounds and don't have to convert, so it's 590.00 to them. My daughter-in-law is Scottish and she has tried to pound that into my head, because I bitch so much about prices over there, because I have to convert from dollars to pounds and it's very painful. Skip

 

[leslie]

I was really looking forward to purchasing the A T Pro,the waterproofing was a big plus for me because I detect all year round (rain sleet and snow) I will wait until after CRIMBO and maybe one or two

used A T Pros will appear on Flea Bay.

Take care and H H.


Regards

Les.

 

[topman13]

Its a joke the price they are trying to charge in the UK for the AT PRO,i will be either sticking with gti1500 or importing one its cheaper.

 

[draaiorgel]

I'm so annoyed at the price over here that I've cancelled my pre-order for the AT Pro Int.

Thereby Garrett loses a loyal customer and I had two on order.

Finally, I'm quite annoyed at Garrett for making a waterproof machine that is not recommended for wet salt beach.

Seem's kinda silly.

 

[topman13]

I emailed Garrett to complain,but no reply.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Waterproofing a detector has a lot of benefits. Hunt in the rain, damp weather, in water and of course no worries if it falls out of your hands for a dunking. I can understand you cancelling your pre-order. But the word isn't out yet on how good or bad the AT PRO will be on wet salted sand or sea water. Each location near/in the ocean have their own set of minerals and salt content to deal with, and we still have the ability to tweak a machine to compensate for these, to a lesser or greater degree. I know that operating a single frequency machine in the Florida Coast line is different from hunting a beach in california. Very few numbers of the machines have even reached people who have ordered them. We may find out that in fact it just might perform quite satisfactory in most salt water locations. I sure hope it will.

 

[SteveP(NH)]

Just to refresh your memory here is your response to my post on that other forum ...

"Hi SteveP, :042::042:

I own and hunt with the Ace 250 with 9 x 12 coil. (Exclusive beach hunter)

As my wife does too and she's real good at it. :061::061::061::061::061:

Regularly I can hit coins similar in size to a dime at 12 inches,

sometimes going for iffy signals a coin at 14 inches. (sometimes)

I believe in my Ace and so I am also a Garrett believer.

OK, I know it takes a lot of practice to get that good, :158:

but with the same amount of practice on the AT Pro International

I'm confident I could do almost twice as good."


Well the ACE 250 isn't recommended for the surf either and since you do so well with it I am surprised that you attach so much importance to Garrett's recommended application chart. Since you have the skill to make the ACE 250 go deeper than normal in such adverse conditions it would seem, at least to me, that you should be able to do much better with the AT Pro regardless of what Garrett says about it and beaches.

Also while the price seems a little on the high side it doesn't seem that out of line with the prices that get charged for other US detectors in the UK. All of them cost significantly more in the UK than they do here. I guess the cost of shipping, plus custom duties, plus that VAT you guys have to pay over there really adds up. I was looking at prices over there in several different online UK shops and saw one of the most expensive US detectors cost $700 more in the UK than it does here. Given the relative prices of the machines involved it seems like the AT PRO should cost about $300 more over there than it does here if the same ratio applies to both machines.

So I am a little confused at what you are getting all riled up about

 

[metalhead]

 

[Tarot]

There is a detector dealer in Texas listing the AT Pro at $594. They provide free shipping to the UK on orders between $500-1200, so no shipping costs. From what I have researched there is no import duty, because detectors come in the same categories as radio scanners. There will be VAT added in the UK at 17.5% (20% after January), which will be payable to Royal Mail on delivery.

The grand total should be

 

[leslie]

Maybe thats the way to go Bob, Thaks for the info.


Regards

Les.