On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 09:14:22PM -0700, Skip Middleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> From: "Tapani Tarvainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Taxes and customs don't explain it all. I've been considering getting > > the EF180/3.5 macro, and it turns out that ordering it from B&H in > > USA, paying shipping (US$36.50), customs (6.7%) and VAT (22%) > > it still would end up about 20% cheaper than ordering it from > > TechnikDirekt in Germany. > They're about 20% cheaper than getting from some of the local camera stores, > too. I forgot to mention that even the cheapest Finnish mail-order shops are consistently much more expensive German ones, and local stores even more so: such items may well cost more than double what mail order from US would (after all customs and taxes). Price differences do vary quite a lot depending on the specific item, however. Often mail order from Germany ends up pretty evenly matched with US (which would mean they're only 5% more expensive before taxes), occasionally even cheaper. Either is almost always much cheaper than any local shop, though. -- Tapani Tarvainen * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
