Hong Kong dealers for M lenses?

[johnastovall]

I've found two Hong Kong stores on eBay with what appear to be reasonable prices on new Leica M mount lenses.

http://stores.ebay.com/M2688-Photo-Supplies

http://stores.ebay.com/Hong-Kong-Supplies

Has anyone had business with these store and which Hong Kong dealers are reliable and are there some to avoid.

 

[woffle]

I bought a couple of accessories for my Canon 20D from HK_Supplies - they were cheap and I didn't have any problems with shipping to the UK.

As they were both <$50 I didn't get hit with UK taxes on import - on more expensive items, no matter where in the world I buy them from it seems Customs always manage to catch the package and add the dreaded 17.5% (even if the package is declared a ''gift'). This effectively means that any cost savings I'd get by buying from Hong Kong are negated - I'm not sure what the situation is in the US with import taxes - I once had a somewhat annoyed buyer from Canada who purchased a Sigma SD10 from me on ebay - he insisted on declaring full value on the parcel for insurance purposes but then got angry when he had to pay taxes on the full amount.

Some HK sellers do offer rebates to UK buyers every now and again.

One who've I also heard good things about is digital-rev(? from memory) - mainly digital stuff but they have some MF bits and Leica bodies I think. They have an off-ebay site: www.digitalrev.com.

Joe

 

[Bill58]

Try Wai Leong lee (waileong19@yahoo.com) for Leica stuff. He's a LUG member and highly regarded.

 

[Didier]

There is another very well reputed LUGger (Leica User Group member) from HK that has almost any Leica item in stock, Joseph Yao. You may ask him for an offer by email (joseph "at" yao.com).

Didier