Bart, When you get something from outside the EU, you have to calculate like this: (Price of the Lens + P&P) * 6,7 % * 19% = Your price This means in general that importing is almost never interesting.
Drikus Ps. You can read this in Dutch also at: http://www.belastingdienst.nl/9229237/t/internet.htm Here are all import-duties specified, so also for your snowboard ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: Re: EOS Telezoom dilemma > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It's a shame that a new 200/2.8L is so expensive (around 950 euros, from > >> what I've seen). > > > Would it be too costly to buy from overseas? <snip> > > B&H has the current Mk. II NEW for about 675 EUR--not bad, IMO. > > Hi fcc and list, > > I have considered buying form overseas, but I hesitate since I have no > experience with this. If I'm not mistaken I would have to add the dutch > sales tax (19%) and the import duties for photographic equipment (4%, I > think) to the price. And of course p&p. So I have got the sneaking > suspicion that the final bill may be quite a bit higher, around 850 EUR, > according to a quick calculation of mine. > Does anybody on the list have any experience (good or bad) in getting their > photo equipment from the US and having it sent to Europe? I'm also > considering buying a Donek snowboard in the US (but that's a different > hobby and VERY much off topic ;-) ), so there are more reasons why I'm > interessted in this. > > Regards, > > Bart * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
