First off all, I highly doubt if any serious corporation _or_ FOSS community would engage in such matters. There are much more at stake than just a wish to avoid a additional 25% VAT surcharge. ( That's the tax he's complaining about.) Regardless, discussing illegal VAT or tax evasion on a public mailinglist isn't the world's brightest idea. On the other hand, If he'd prefer to pay less VAT there is a way for Norwegians to do so. Norwegians are allowed to bring into Norway wares worth up to 6000NOK (about 1200USD) _IF_ they spend a minimum of 24 hours abroad. If Flexd really want to avoid paying VAT I'd recommend him to order a freerunner from a EU dealer and ship it _post restante_ to a swedish post office. Then he'l have to pick it up after spending a day&night in sweden.
Post restante= Old postal tradition where mail and packages are adressed to a post office rather than a person. Such packages are then retained for two weeks _without_ notice. The recipient has to pick it up and prove their identity before the post office releases such mail/packages. When that have been said, why cant flexd join the norwegian 10pack order? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GroupSales Sincerly, Heikki Soerum. Den Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:00:06 +0200 flexd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > If ordering from the US (or anywhere really), would it be possible to > have the package marked as a gift to evade taxes and such? Norwegian > taxes are high, so we'll probably pay like half a phone extra >_< > > Pietro "m0nt0" Montorfano skrev: > > Erland Lewin ha scritto: > >> 2008/4/13, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> Well, if you consider that you've to pay the shipping costs from > >>> Usa or > >>> Asia in 10 or more people, instead that as an alone buyer I think > >>> that you > >>> gain really more than 30$-8€ ;) > >>> > >> > >> Well, that is the key question now for us in the EU - I believe > >> that FIC has said that they will have a distribution center in the > >> EU, which should make the shipping much less expensive. The very > >> high shipping cost in relation to the price of the phone I think > >> was a problem with the GTA01... > >> > >> I'm very much looking forward to hearing about how FIC will solve > >> the EU distribution, and how much the shipping will be in Europe > >> on top of the $399 + VAT price, which I think is a very good > >> price. I think that info would be in the next update from FIC. > >> > >> /Erland in Stockholm, Sweden > > Yes, you are right, i was thinking that buying a 10pack phone is > > always cheaper than buying a single phone due to the shipping > > costs. I'd like to know the eu price and if it's convenient to buy > > the phone in eu, else there are some services that you can > > subscribe for 10$ which give you an us address so you buy the phone > > and send them there, after that you pay the shiping cost from there > > to your nation, this can let you to not pay VAT, don't know how > > much it's legal but i'd like to get more info on this services > > because they can be very useful. Everything obviously is to see how > > much the eu phone costs due to the VAT and other taxes. > > So i have to get more info about this service but they exist so i > > think it should be a good deal to use them if in eu the phone will > > cost too much. > > > > Cya! > > > > Pietro > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
