[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Gerard, > > > With the US$ suffering an extra bump due to the war, the price of an EOS > > 10D in USA is about EUR1400 but ordering directly will make you go > > through customs, with a 30% VAT+import duties, making it almost as > > expensive as taking a train to UK and buying there. > > How did you calculate this figure of "30%"? I know VAT is 21% in Belgium, > but according to the EU Taxation and Customs site ...
Hi Bart, I once won a Tamron lens on an US contest. It came marked "GIFT" but with the list price on the receipt. It was $500 and I had to pay about EUR155 in taxes. I don't have the paper anymore (I exchanged the lens for a 550EX) but I recall that the import form had 21% VAT (BTW) *and* customs duties + the paperwork fee. That was back in 2001 before the EURO was the official currency. I don't know if things have changed ever since. > http://europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/dds/en/tarhome.htm > The site is very good. Thanks for the link!!! > Which btw also means that "import duties" can't be the reason > that digital camera's are more expensive in Europe than in the US. Why Why damn! whY!!!!!???? A 10D SHOULD cost EUR1500 (and it'd be still more expensive than the american counterpart!). EUR 2100 is just belachelijk (ridiculous) Groetjes, Gerard. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
