equipment price arbitrage between Greece and UK

[johnny greek]

Good Morning fellow beekeepers,

let me introduce myself again, I am Yiannis from Greece, and I am a professional beekeeper.
The scope of this post is to inquire about the possibility of having beekeeping equipment exported from Greece to the UK
as I have noticed that many products are significantly cheaper in Greece.
Bellow, there is a link with indicative prices here in Greece for a variety of products.
If you find this idea interesting we can discuss possible options to make this work and we all benefit from this.

https://www.skroutz.gr/c/2873/melissokomika_eidh.html?order_by=pricevat&order_dir=asc

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hi. If you are a business to advertise there is a fee. If you are still interested go to this page and click on the advertise with us link bottom left
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/forums/beekeeping-forum-sponsor-directory.95/
I have removed your link for the time being

 

[johnny greek]

Hi, i am not a business and the link was just indicative prices from Greek market at the moment. I don’t have nothing to sell at the time so nothing to advertise. My intention is just to see if there is an opportunity for me and forum members to benefit from price arbitrage between the two countries.

 

[magor]

My intention is just to see if there is an opportunity for me and forum members to benefit from price arbitrage between the two countries.

γεια χαρά

well i did the opposite this winter and bought couple hives and co stuff from england and will do it again cause i really like those hives but now with brexit customs duties makes it real pain so dont thnik so it ll benefit if anything is cheaper in one or the other country as long as custom office exist

είμαι ερασιτέχνης μελισσουργός αλλά κ άνεργος το τελευταίο καιρό οπότε αν χρειαστείς ποτέ εργατικά χέρια,οτιδήποτε, βάλε μου μια φωνή κ το συζητάμε

 

[johnny greek]

ok, i will keep that in mind . Thank you

 

[polymath]

Any imports to the UK would be subject to 20% VAT

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Any imports to the UK would be subject to 20% VAT

only after adding any customs duty

 

[johnny greek]

only after adding any customs duty

Thats a good point. I have some previous experience in importing goods to UK and selling on online platforms through fulfillment centers, also been VAT and EORI registered in UK. However despite those costs, i still believe that there is an opportunity here. If you could please check the link above with the indicative prices maybe you find certain goods with enough price difference.