Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal jotted down the following: > On 10-02-2001 14:27, A. H. Ongun wrote: > >> I got hit with customs duty once (90mm f1:2 >> APO) - 2.5% which made my purchase price $1505 > > Jeez, what's all the fuss about ? > > VAT alone is 21 % extra over here (Belgium, France)... Or try 25% in Sweden. On top of the 5% or so customs. Both of which, BTW, get take shipping cost into consideration during the calculation. Yeah, importing stuff to Sweden is just an exercise in joy... M. - -- Martin Howard | "Why don't they make gravestones Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | cheerier?" email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- Nigel Tufnel www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------