Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 20-02-1998 19:15 Jeff Moore wrote: >> The two CR123 lithium batteries set me back at 360 BEF >> each, that is 9.5 USD, so 19 USD for a full set. > >Ouch! Time to do better shopping! (Wonder what extra charges are involved >in international ordering from B&H... since the CR123s I just bought there >were made by Varta, there'd be something really silly about how many times >the batteries would go back and forth between the US and Europe.) Jeff: Lucky you! But here in Belgium, you pay 21 % VAT on top of the net price, and in the case of some (not all) batteries, a supplemental "environmental tax". Prices in most Western European countries are the same. The CR123 batteries I saw in the UK were more or less the same price. The lowest price I saw is 306 BEF, which still is a lot of money compared to the US (= 8 USD). Pascal