Re: Shipping to Italy

2002-07-08 Thread Angel Ramos
Jim: I sold my PZ1p backup body to an Italian friend. I sent it by US Mail Global Priority. It got there ( to customs) in a week, and then my friend , after paying VAT and Duties, got the camera 3 weeks later. I declared it a gift valued at $100 US dollars. I received an email from him v

Re: Shipping to Italy

2002-07-06 Thread Dario Bonazza 2
Flavio Minelli wrote: > I had deliveries from the USA from both business and privates. I believe > the customs will charge 10% as Duty in US imports and 20% VAT. 10% duties? Flavio, in which country do you live? :-) Maybe Rome customs add extra fees? Is this deregulation? > I never > had to sen

Re: Shipping to Italy

2002-07-06 Thread Flavio Minelli
Dario Bonazza 2 wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > First of all, Simone is a male name in Italy. Female version is Simona. > > This said, you have to expect 15 to 30 days to deliver, including about 15 > days at the customs, since they'll ask him (by very snail mail!) to send > documents proofing nature an

Re: Shipping to Italy

2002-07-05 Thread Cotty
I once sold some bits to someone in Italy. It took AGES for the damn thing to arrive there. Something like three weeks! Another time it took 10 days for a letter to reach me from Italy. In my experience, the track record is bad. Expect the worst. For a nation of artists and lovers, they sure c