Back in the day you could buy a BMW or Benz in Germany, get it converted for use in the US and ship it. In the end it would cost the same as buying it here but you get a trip to Germany. Problem is it's not under warranty since it's gray market. I'm talking 30 years ago so things might have changed.
. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Scott Stewart <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > Munich Germany? > > How are you getting it past state inspections and smog control laws? > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I wonder how aghast people would be. Most people don't conside how >>> much the sales tax would be before making a purchase. Do people drive >>> to a different city to make purchases because the sales tax is lower? >>> Even on major purchases like cars where even a 1% difference is a >>> substantial sum of money. I don't know anyone who does this. >>> >> >> Now you do! I drive to Wisconsin to lease cars. Ken Vance's Auto >> World in Eau Claire. >> >> In truth, you can't avoid paying your state's sales tax since when you >> pay the registration fees you have to pay the fees of the state in >> which you're registering the car. If I could do that, I definitely >> would. (technically I could register it in WI and then drive it in MN >> but that's risky). >> >> So why do I do it? Because ole Ken is willing to cut me a super good >> deal - enough to make it worth a 1.5 hour drive. >> >> In August I'm flying to Munich to pick up a car and then drop it off >> for shipment to Maryland. Then I'm either going to drive it back from >> there or have it shipped (which is like $600). It's WAY cheaper. >> >> We also routinely - based on hotel promotions - check into hotel rooms >> in town, mess up the bed, take the paper and soaps and shampoos, and >> then leave. We do this because of the points arbitrage: we can score >> an internet special for, say, $60/night and if it's done during the >> right promo it gets up a $1500/night room in Europe or Asia. >> >> And that's just the tip of iceber ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339889 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
