From: "mike" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Paid in Dollars, buying US goods?
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:47:40 +0100

Last year I moved to a UK LTD company from being a sole trader. I work on
the internet & 95% of my income is from US companies who wire the money into
my UK account.

I have a acquired a taste for rather expensive US made guitars and such
like. I could buy them here and pay say £3000 out of my own pocket but I'm
hoping seeing as though I get paid in USD I get figure out someway of buying
goods straight from the horses mouth in USD, the benefits being 1) $3000 is
the cost in the US 2) I can use my business funds without the money ever
comming to the UK. I have a good relationship with the companies I deal with
in the US and they would pay my funds into almost any account I specify.

The problem is I have no idea how to go about purchasing goods with the
money that I am able to get in USD, without it ever comming over in the UK.
I realise I need some kind of go-between, but would that be in the form of
an offshore USD account? or something else completely?

any advise would be much appreciated.