I think your right and that is the way you have to look at it. There is risk involved with everything, especially when buying from overseas. I think it's just about trying to negate that as much as possible and off set it to the cost saving.

I'm still looking at options but I'm tempted IF I can find a decent, reliable company. We brought a large laser machine from China approx 18 months ago, we never would have been able to afford the same quality machine from the UK. We had to put the work in to research the companies but it did pay off in the end.

I guess I'll keep looking!