Eric Seaberg wrote: > Why don't you have someone in the States purchase it at $2000, open the > box and take it out (so it's not NEW) then re-ship to you? Either that > or I'll sell you my black TP that's less than a year old for $2000 + > shipping, then I'll replace it with a new one. > Could work...
Lots of places have strange markup do to customs taxes, VAT, exchange rates, etc. I've bought stuff for friends in down under, plugged it in so I know it is USED, and ship it. You (the receiver) are still liable for duties, etc. It always amazes me that for a lot of consumer stuff, the UK price in pounds is the same as the US price in dollars. Since the pound is worth about two bucks each, thats a lot of markup. I remember walking down the streets in Den Haag (The Hague) and seeing Bass Weeguns in a shop window for three times what they cost here. My US citizen friends working on assignment in Europe would use their trips to corporate headquarters for serious shopping trips. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
