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Bought a product from a dealer in the US and they've quoted intl shipping as 6-8 weeks. Is this normal?
The dealer seems OK feedback wise.
hmmmm...... sounds like he is literally "shipping" it (ie: by boat).
I live in Australia, and most stuff arrived from the UK or US within 2 weeks - usually about a week.
The cheapest US postal service takes about that long at worst with a stop in customs for the duty to be added.
A question kind of related to your post... if i was to buy something from the US say from ebay would i have to pay import taxes or is that generally included in the postage price?
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/tax-and-duty.htm
http://www.dutycalculator.com/country-guides/Import-duty-taxes-when-importing-into-the-United-Kingdom/
Unless the seller covers it (unlikely) you will have to pay import duty if applicable on the total value of the package (Item + postage) then VAT on top of that. There is also normally an admin fee charged by the post office or courier to collect these fees.