Humax Foxsat HDR - Any stock found?

kuro_man · 27-11-2008 12:59PM #1

Humax Foxsat HDR
Has anyone found a website or shop (ROI/NI) with Humax Foxsat HDR IN STOCK?

John mac · 27-11-2008 05:21PM

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5321832/Trail/searchtext%3EFOXSAT-HD.htm

could check post codes for the north. (I dont know any)

kuro_man · 27-11-2008 05:23PM

Yes, did that already, no stock in Belfast

John mac · 27-11-2008 06:44PM

what about here

I dont know how much they charge for delivery though !

sesswhat · 27-11-2008 08:33PM

Nothing in NI as yet and this is an example of the sort of fun people are having in the UK.

kuro_man · 28-11-2008 10:42AM

Looks like there is a big delivery this weekend - I'm going up north next week so will try then.

kuro_man · 08-12-2008 02:25PM

went to Currys and Argos in Lisburn on Saturday - no foxsat hdr freesat+ boxes in stock. Bloke in Currys reckons they won't have them before christmas - he told me the best bet was to order on-line.
Uk on-line stores (that deliver to the Republic) have no stock either!

redout · 08-12-2008 03:31PM

I read a truck load of them got knicked in England last week it that helps !

KeRbDoG · 08-12-2008 06:14PM

redout wrote: »

I read a truck load of them got knicked in England last week it that helps !

heh, yea should see these pop up on FleeBay in the coming days

08-12-2008 08:10PM

superfi.co.uk charge £30stg to deliver to ROI and say you go into a queueing system for these.
They say the lead in time is 7 to 10 working days so tight for Xmas.
Your card isn't charged they say untill dispatch.
Hth.

Zaphod · 08-12-2008 08:17PM

There is 1 currently on ebay.ie. There are about 7 on ebay.co.uk but they are restricted to buyers in the UK. However, if you email the sellers and ask if they would be willing to sell to Ireland provided that you would pay all postage costs, you'll usually find one or two who'll oblige.

Expect to pay a premium above the RRP on ebay as demand is high and supply is low - it depends how badly you want it before xmas.

kuro_man · 09-12-2008 09:34PM

new stock is due this weekend apparently, so I try again next week from reliable supplier. I got most of my gear from satelittesuperstore.co.uk and they've been excellent. Mad crazy website, but good service. Delivery is much more reasonable too.

I am not going to pay above retail price on e-bay from a profiteer - for a possibly stolen unit or one with no guarantee.

KeRbDoG · 09-12-2008 11:00PM

kuro_man wrote: »

new stock is due this weekend apparently, so I try again next week from reliable supplier. I got most of my gear from satelittesuperstore.co.uk and they've been excellent. Mad crazy website, but good service. Delivery is much more reasonable too.

I am not going to pay above retail price on e-bay from a profiteer - for a possibly stolen unit or one with no guarantee.

I've made an order with the same site - which needs a redesign.
Bit of a back order though (30+)

coffee to go · 10-12-2008 12:26PM

Don't know if this much use now, but I managed to snag one from southernsat.co.uk at 6.30pm yesterday (phone order). £299 plus £30 shipping to Ireland. That's about €375 all in all. He'd only just got 5 in stock, and I'd say they were all sold in 20 minutes or less.

Maybe worth keeping an eye on the site though. Don't know when he'll be getting the next batch in, but you could always call to see.

Now I need to finally get round to installing the Quad and running the wires I bought from Tony almost 3 months ago in preparation!

kuro_man · 10-12-2008 12:54PM

coffee to go wrote: »

Don't know if this much use now, but I managed to snag one from southernsat.co.uk at 6.30pm yesterday (phone order). £299 plus £30 shipping to Ireland. That's about €375 all in all. He'd only just got 5 in stock, and I'd say they were all sold in 20 minutes or less.

Cheers, I will take a look. Let us know how you get on with the box once it arrives.

Crispy Duck · 14-12-2008 03:12AM

Hi, don't know any Irish distributor but got mine yesterday from satellite Superstore in UK, still playing around with it. Obviously it cant be the same as Sky, takes a bit of getting used to but overall it does what it says on the tin!:D

fat-tony · 14-12-2008 03:15PM

Crispy Duck wrote: »

Hi, don't know any Irish distributor but got mine yesterday from satellite Superstore in UK, still playing around with it. Obviously it cant be the same as Sky, takes a bit of getting used to but overall it does what it says on the tin!:D

If you don't mind me asking - when did you order? I didn't think they had any stock:(

Crispy Duck · 14-12-2008 03:25PM

Ordered it on November 26th, I was 8th in line for getting it was sent on the 8th with Parcelforce 24, arrived on 12th, but was in delivery van for two days as he said it was at the back of a van full on a million small boxes!:mad:

fat-tony · 14-12-2008 03:30PM

Ordered mine on 10th. I thought that the supply situation would have eased, seeing as they recovered most of that lorryload that was stolen, but it looks like Argos got the major share. Argos are showing out of stock in their stores in NI at the mo'. Hopefully there will be another delivery to satsuperstore before the Christmas.:)

Crispy Duck · 14-12-2008 03:37PM

Got rid of my Sky a few months ago, the loss of the sky+ system was all I missed as only seemed to watch the freeview channels anyway. Very happy with mine. Hope yours comes soon...

14-12-2008 04:15PM

As it was delivered after december 1st did you get the 2.5% vat reduction? Or did they greedily pocket that?

Thats one to watch!

fat-tony · 14-12-2008 04:49PM

Crispy Duck wrote: »

Got rid of my Sky a few months ago, the loss of the sky+ system was all I missed as only seemed to watch the freeview channels anyway. Very happy with mine. Hope yours comes soon...

I've had SKY HD since it came out, p***es me off that I can't record BBC HD or BBC3/4 on the SKY box. Rarely watch movies, so it's time to terminate the SKY sub;)

fat-tony · 14-12-2008 04:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

As it was delivered after december 1st did you get the 2.5% vat reduction? Or did they greedily pocket that?

Thats one to watch!

Well, technically they should be charging the RoI VAT rate (21.5%), so the less said the better:DPlus the exchange rate is very favourable and improving all the time!

Zaphod · 14-12-2008 06:18PM

Crispy Duck wrote: »

Got rid of my Sky a few months ago

fat-tony wrote: »

Rarely watch movies, so it's time to terminate the SKY sub;)

14-12-2008 09:41PM

fat-tony wrote: »

Well, technically they should be charging the RoI VAT rate (21.5%), so the less said the better:DPlus the exchange rate is very favourable and improving all the time!

No.

You buy something in the UK including online purchases and it is subject to UK VAT not Irish VAT even when delivered to the ROI.
So the rate should have went down from 17.5% to 15%.

cgarvey · 15-12-2008 06:53AM

Deleted User wrote: »

No.

You buy something in the UK including online purchases and it is subject to UK VAT not Irish VAT even when delivered to the ROI.
So the rate should have went down from 17.5% to 15%.

Except when said company trades over a threshold (€35,000 in most cases) in to the country. That's why Amazon charge 21/21.5% VAT, for example. More detail on the Revenue's site. Sky seem to charge 21/21.5% on commercial subs, and on equipment, but not on residential subs. I don't know why that is, because I would have thought they'd come under distance-selling, but I'm sure they've a good reason / exception.

kuro_man · 16-12-2008 02:22PM

Ordered mine last night from satellitesuperstore.co.uk - they charged the full £299.99 rather than the new VAT reduced price, but they only charge £15 delivery, which is much better than most, so it balances out.

(VAT @ 15% would work out at £293.60, so only a £6.40 reduction.)

fat-tony · 16-12-2008 03:53PM

cgarvey wrote: »

Except when said company trades over a threshold (€35,000 in most cases) in to the country. That's why Amazon charge 21/21.5% VAT, for example.

Exactly - that the way I was thinking. Any of the big distance sellers all use the Irish VAT rate. Amazon restrict the sale of a lot of electrical items to Ireland also - assume it's something to do with WEEE:D

Crispy Duck · 16-12-2008 08:31PM

Checked my invoice, still charged £299 inclusive of 15%vat but as mentioned delivery was only £12.95. Can't complain. Now I've had it a few days I'm all over it! Have remote tuned in to work my pioneer AV receiver, Pioneer DVR-LX61D (the HDD/DVD Recorder- handy for recording TV3, RTE and is my DVD player too) and my TV. Have put away all other remotes now, at last!

Have figured out how to view both modes too, freesat and non freesat. Have to say the instruction manual isn't the best it assumes a lot.

Overall very happy with it, fantastic!

kuro_man · 17-12-2008 10:42AM

Get an e-mail for satellitesuperstore - the humax foxsat hdr is out of stock and may not be dispatched in time for christmas. Bugger.

ffocused · 17-12-2008 02:00PM

The 'shotgun cable' you are referring to will still use 2 of your lnb outputs, it is just 2 seperate cables stuck together.
Did you check if the hdr is actually in stock? as a lot of websites are taking orders while waiting for stock to arrive.

Humax Foxsat HDR - Any stock found?

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