Jan, If you buy in the USA, you have to ad sales tax, about 6%, if you order out of state you don't but you have to pay for the shipping. When you have it sent to the NL you have to pay duties, unless you can avoid it in a smart way. Very often it still pays to buy it in the USA. I bought many items from B&H during the time I lived in the USA, and also later when I lived in the Netherlands or the UK where I currently live. I bought my 24-90mm from Peter in sunny Brighton, it was not worth it for me to buy it in the USA at that time.
When I lived in Amersfoort, I had to pay a local shop twice the price I had to pay B&H for the Tamron macro 90mm AF, so you understand I picked it up on a trip to the USA (at that time the company was doing a lot better then now, so travel is now restricted). The local shop even never heard of the availability of this lens for Pentax AF. Oh well... In a few weeks I will be living in Amersfoort again, time will tell if I can find a job in the company in the Netherlands again, or I will be FMP'd a few months later. Groeten uit zonnig Wiltshire Frits On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 13:07, Jan van Wijk wrote: > Hallo Frits, > > On 03 Jul 2003 23:18:36 +0100, Frits Wthrich wrote: > > > > >399 euro excluding memory card. > > > >Are you located in Europe, perhaps the Netherlands based on your name? > > Yes, near Amstardam actually. > > The lowest prices (mail-order) here are about 399 Euro's too. > > With the current US$ to Euro rate (if it does not drop further) it should > still be 10 to 15% cheaper there. > > I have seen US$ 399 including a 128 Mb SD card in the US ... > > Regards, JvW > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
