i don't know, i think customs is pot luck sometimes. Can't be the way they have been labled since i presume they are all labled the same. I think i need to pay %10.5 import duty to be able to get them and then they'll bill me VAT later on.

Col H.

The country of origin is specified in the shipping documentation and commercial invoice by the shipper.

Customs IS pot luck, though, unless you use a harmonised coding. We do so when shipping players to the US so duty should never be charged - but it doesn't help shipping into the UK because there isn't a duty free category for this product (that we've been able to find).

Rob

Label says :

Units eg 5
U/M EA
Desc Car Stereo No CD/Tape ( Made in UK )
c/o US
Unit Value the values specified "may" not be exactly what you paid
Total Value contact me direct if anyone really needs to know

IMHO I have never paid import duty of things delivered by UPS. But always make purchase decision based on that I will pay full duty. Then anything that slips through is a bonus.

Ah, just noticed the UPS label says :

BILLING : P/P
DESC : computer parts

This moring UPS said me that a custom check was requested on my shipment, as it is a car stereo and they would see if it has the CE logo on it - otherwise they can't import it in Europe and would send it back to US!!!

It does have the CE logo, although I'm not sure it's on the outter packaging. It's in the user guide and on the metalwork for sure.

This is the sort of reason why we never use UPS - I've NEVER heard if that happening with TNT.

Rob

Yup, I found in manual the CE rules conformity

Now my empegs are stuck in italian customs, for another check (first in US customs, now in italian ones... what am I buying, an atomic bomb??) - I hope they speed up this procedure and give me my empegs before the weekend..

BTW - UPS is a Jeremy's choice...

just thought i'd say i got my player and because of the way jeremy labled the package it's only cost me something like £21 including import duty and VAT.

Excellent service matey and i wouldn't begrudge you your $100 markup since it still works out at an excellent bargin and a lot less than ebay.

Cheers
Col H.

Same here: Just received the box. Shipped by UPS to the Netherlands, no additional costs (VAT / Duty) paid.

Jelle

UPS have just rung me for clearance ???

They wanted to know what it was and who it was for etc...

She said that goods value was $90 so import/tax etc was £27, don't you just love customs.

Bad news is even though box is in the UK I have to wait till monday to get it :-(

Cris.

I suspect that the import duty + VAT is £17 and UPS are charging a tenner admin fee. There's not much you can do about that, though, unless you have your own customs agents.

Rob

I got a package on Friday, and said "oh good, my backup player from Jeremy" has come. Opened it up and blew past the paperwork so I could start immediately testing it. It worked fine, I put the the new Beta (and Hijack of course) on it and started uploading tunes. I looked down at the bottom of Emplode and saw that it said I have 56 gigs or so left on it. I found this very odd because I ordered a 10 gig from carplayers. After all, it is a backup, and hopefully by the time my main one died the warranty would be void anyway and I can dump a cheap large hard drive into it. I thought maybe it was a gift upgrade or something, but I went back and looked at all that paper work I skipped over before, and discovered that this came from Sonic Blue itself. I placed this order over the phone (because their website was (and is) not working right for me) like a month ago with a woman that had obviously never taken a phone order and on a day when their computers were down. I have never seen any evidence that the order took at all, and no e-mails or information on the website showed anything. Given my past history with SB, I gave this up for a lost cause a long time ago. Tip of the hat to SB, they did me right this time.

So anyway, I just got my player from Jeremy today. So suddenly, from having 1 player (which is too little), I now have 3 (which is too many).

It works out I guess, my 60 becomes my main one(I have already filled it within a couple of gigs of its life), and the 10 remains my backup. And somebody is going to get a very nice gift from me. Anybody want to be my friend.

Well im good and Freaked. I ordered ( in advance like he says) an extra sled and 2 remotes and what do i find in the mail today, a Faceplate Kit. Funny it just doesnt seem worth 193.22. I guess SB arent the only ones lacking in the warehouse dept.

Hey, that's not fair, we have shipped more than 175 empeg related orders in two weeks time and there have been two mistakes total, I would hardly compare it to the fiasco going on at the E-store for the past two months. Just my two cents.....

Good point.

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we have shipped more than 175 empeg related orders in two weeks time and there have been two mistakes total.

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Not bad . And I'm not too bothered about getting a 10G instead of the 30G I wanted, as I'll buy a new 30G disk when I can actually afford it, and add the 10 into my existing 20G to make a hot backup.

Great, with so few problem orders i can expect this to be resolved quickely then right?

You have an e-mail from us already

Does anyone else need a player? We are starting to run out....

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We will probably start pre-orders for tuners in 1-2 weeks, delivery about 1-2 months afterwards.

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Any news on your tuners? Or did I miss any news? A friend of mine just updated his MKI->MKIIa and starts to miss his radio module...

Bye,
Frank

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We will probably start pre-orders for tuners in 1-2 weeks, delivery about 1-2 months afterwards

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Any more on this? Has a deal been struck?

(edit) oops there's an echo in here. That's what you get when you walk away from your PC in the middle of a post...

Well, I have heard zero from SonicBlue on this. They are either working with someone else, or the ball is moving VERY slow.

Progress is being made. Hugo had a meeting in Oregon with the Operations guys, and plans are afoot. The prices are higher than previously indicated but still workable. If anything will screw up the deal it's likely to be volume - I doubt the factory will set up a run of less than 1000 units. That could still be achievable, though.

Rob

Got my Rio Car in wonderful condition and good working order. Got the whole thing up and running and USB connected. Already upgraded Emplode and RIO software...!
Thanks for a great price and a great product!!!
Installing in the 94 Accord EX tomorrow... plugged into AUX input on Pioneer front end. Pics to follow.

DocRings
RioCar Serial # 030102438

Got mine some days ago but i was on a journey...
It seems OK, but i hat to pay 53 Euro for taxes to Germany. It's still a good deal, thanks to Jeremy.
All i need now is a tuner !!!

We are starting to run out of players and will raise the price soon. I wanted to let everyone here know first, that way there is not a ton of flames later when the price goes up.

We are starting to run out of players and will raise the price soon

Sorry to hear that.

Rob

Gotta love "Supply and Demand".

That's obviously where I've been going wrong.

Rob

so is SB completely sold out now?