German SLR Stockists please - need Canon 1D Mk II

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Coolasblu - 20 Jul 2004 15:07 GMT

I have seen in the past people saying that its is cheaper to order from
Germany than US as one avoids duty and VAT. Can anyone post some german
sites which sell the above camera please....

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Julian Barkway - 20 Jul 2004 17:56 GMT

"Coolasblu" <noway@noway.com> spake thusly to the assembled multitudes,
agog with barely concealed anticipation:

>I have seen in the past people saying that its is cheaper to order from
>Germany than US as one avoids duty and VAT. Can anyone post some german
>sites which sell the above camera please....

I'm not sure there's a huge saving. Remember, for orders within the EU, you
will pay German VAT at 15% and then the inflated international carriage
charges will probably swallow up this minor 2.5% advantage.

With the depressed dollar at the moment, I would guess it makes a lot more
sense to buy from the US, even allowing for VAT and duty...

Anyway, a quick Google - or even a search on www.ebay.de - should give you
all the info you need to know.

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Timo Labrenz - 21 Jul 2004 02:35 GMT

jbarkwayLEAVEITOUTMATE@mac.com (Julian Barkway) schrieb:

> "Coolasblu" <noway@noway.com> spake thusly to the assembled
> multitudes, agog with barely concealed anticipation:

>>I have seen in the past people saying that its is cheaper to order
>>from Germany than US as one avoids duty and VAT. Can anyone post
>>some german sites which sell the above camera please....

> I'm not sure there's a huge saving. Remember, for orders within
> the EU, you will pay German VAT at 15% and then the inflated
> international carriage charges will probably swallow up this minor
> 2.5% advantage.

16% VAT even, unfortunately.
About carriage - maybe you know people in Germany who can send you
the camera?

> With the depressed dollar at the moment, I would guess it makes a
> lot more sense to buy from the US, even allowing for VAT and
> duty...

It might worth it to order the camera in Hongkong. A friend just got
his 10D from there and is quite happy with how it went. I'd prolly
rather buy in Germany (as I live there), but, hm, if you really save
some hundred quid this way...

Best offer I've found here is:
<http://www.fotoprofishop.de/cgi-bin/shop16?
HTML=shopeinsprung.htm&CATEGORY=WG_190&INDEX=2&VSSI=2&VSCP=
106089504017>
Never bought anything there, so I don't know how professional they
are.

Foto Brenner is generally very reliable
<http://www.fotobrenner.de/default.asp?UIDASP=
2107200461665003271382194100223&UG=106&US=1&HG=00&SON=10&MENLI=1>

Okay, compared to Jacobs, both German stores are quite inexpensive.
Aren't there any better offers in the UK?

Cheers

Timo

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TP - 21 Jul 2004 06:41 GMT

>Okay, compared to Jacobs, both German stores are quite inexpensive.
>Aren't there any better offers in the UK?

No, the UK market is characterised by shadowy (and probably illegal)
agreements between importers and retailers to maintain prices at
artificially high levels.

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TP - 20 Jul 2004 21:13 GMT

>I have seen in the past people saying that its is cheaper to order from
>Germany than US as one avoids duty and VAT. Can anyone post some german
>sites which sell the above camera please....

Try searching for "New York Camera" who specialise in pan-European
mail order. Yes, they are in Germany.

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