Hi all, Since the order and shipment of the phones is coming closer, I thought I should share this.
A couple of years ago I bought speakers from a Thai company. They were shipped through TNT using EXW incoterm to Belgium - EU. They were listed at 150$ (roughly 130 euro at that time) in Thailand. When they arrived I had to pay an extra 95 euro for tax/customs - rights. I contacted TNT about this and they told me that it was because the company shipped the goods using EXW (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incoterm). According to the helpdesk from TNT, if the company would have used CIF on their invoice, it wouldn't have made a price difference for them, but I would end up paying only 30 euro. Which is considerably less then 95 !! There is an entry in the Wiki about shipping notes, but before I posted anything there I wanted to check/compare/confirm the above. Any comments or similar experiences with buying goods from outside EU anyone? Regards, Marc. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
