Pgl 589 gb, dead in the water.

nwfreefly said:

From my understanding and emails with CNI they insist upon insurance and in order to insure it it must be declared at actual value. But you raise a good point maybe I can confirm this. My lord I bet Yang is so sick of me, lol! The email thread of ours is like 27 emails. Hell, whats one more.:crackup:

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gozert said:

They were willing to send me two lasers declared at 20$ each if I was willing to take the risk. So I'm quite sure they will do that for you as well. I did however cancel my order because I had no experience with wire transfer.

Yeah he must be pretty sick of so many emails without any purchases. More reason to ship it without insurance.

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H2Oxide said:

Seriously though, has anyone here ever build a SFG laser?

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Tha Greenlander said:

Never heard of anyone on LPF do it but im sure it's been done! Though that person would either need: A LOT of patience, or some good schooling on how those things are made along with the funds for the parts

-Alex

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nwfreefly said:

I agree its risky going with a seller with not so good rep and I have thought about asking a trusted member outside the USA to receive the laser and re ship it to me. In fact I have done a bit of looking into this. Here is the problem. The LPF members who I would feel comfortable asking such a favor all live in countries that the import duties and taxes will be 30-40% of full value of laser and also the cost of shipping and insurance is taxed as well. Plus then the re shipping costs. So were talking like 400-500$ on top of the laser price to do this.

Canada is the best option with the lowest taxes on imports from China and I asked a member from there for their help but they didn't feel comfortable being involved and I fully respect their decision.
So my options are at this time 3 fold and Id appreciate hearing some feedback from everyone willing to give it.

option 1- Order from Armlasers.com cost $960
option 2- Ask someone in the E.U. and pay a lot more looking at about $1300-1400 total
option 3- I just got a reply from Ultra Lasers, whom currently can NOT ship >5mW to the States and this has been verified by the company. BUT.... they told me they anticipate being allowed to ship here in 4-6 weeks time. They quoted me $1100.

So there pos and negs to each option which is making it hard to decide. I think option 3 is best. Slightly higher cost but a trusted and respected company.
Your thoughts?

BTW- thanks everyone I really appreciate peoples help. I have rep'd you all. If I ever do get this laser I'm going to sleep with it every night considering the amount of effort put into getting it, lol!

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Atomicrox said:

Don't want to sound like a party breaker but I really think you're going to get screwed either way.

If you're willing to spend that much it's probably easier to book a hotel in Canada, ask CNI to send it there and go pick it up yourself.

I'd just wait and see.

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Atomicrox said:

Don't want to sound like a party breaker but I really think you're going to get screwed either way.

If you're willing to spend that much it's probably easier to book a hotel in Canada, ask CNI to send it there and go pick it up yourself.

I'd just wait and see.

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