The company I work for gets a lot of stuff shipped from the US to the EU, and everything has to first come via .nl before being shipped anywhere else. Stab in the dark: Perhaps the customs charges are lower in the Netherlands, and once inside the EU you are able to ship freely without any, or minimal extra customs/duty charges.
Please dont quote me on that last bit though. :-) On 20 January 2014 15:55, Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote: > Cisco do still offer this and they charge you for it - it gets routed via > Holland. > > On 20/01/2014 15:43, "Keith Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>On 01/20/2014 09:36 AM, Nigel Titley wrote: >>> On 20/01/2014 14:26, Paul Sladen wrote: >>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Emma Frost wrote: >>>>> We (as in the Internet Society) are trying to donate some >>>>> routers >>>> By any chance, would it be this one? >>>> >>>> "His Excellency Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of ASREN >>>> recognizes the donation of the Internet Society and Cisco >>>> systems..." >>>> >>>>http://www.asrenorg.net/media/news/338-abu-ghazaleh-recognized-the-donat >>>>ion-of-isoc-and-cisco-systems-for-asren-pop-in-london.html >>>> >>>> It doesn't mention the actual kit involved, but could be it that the >>>> equipment are demo/sample/prototypes that Cisco no longer require. >> >>We had a similar issue with significant Cisco donations for F-root at >>ISC. What Cisco managed to do once, but we never quite figured out how >>to get repeated, was to have them ship the goods *internally* (i.e. >>while still Cisco property) to the relevant country through their >>channels, and have the donation transacted in-country. I don't think the >>Internet usual suspect who arranged this works for Cisco anymore, however. >> >>Keith >> > >
