Hi y'all,
Question: anyone who's ever ordered photo-stuff from a company in the US,
to have it delivered in Europe? What's the normal taxes that apply?
I ask because I just received a shipment from John H today (Thanks
John). The insurance value was declared to 200USD, and John had in the
"value" field written "-200". Which, knowing John, probably is accurate.
However the box had a big (red, even) envolope with a tax claim....in the
amount of 100 EUR.
Now, making the assumption that 1EUR is approximately 1USD is not too far
off - making this a 50% taxation for some lens caps and similar stuff. I
find that to be outragous.
I'm probably off to complain to someone on this, however I would just like
to solicit experiences from the list. Is this really typical to see that
much taxes?
The good side: the parcel should contain lens caps, MR9-adaptors and a
tripod ring for my 300/4.5.....
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Thomas Heide Clausen
Civilingeniør i Datateknik (cand.polyt)
M.Sc in Computer Engineering
E-Mail: T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://www.cs.auc.dk/~voop
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