Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
> Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>   
>> Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
>>     
>>> Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> True enough, but you CAN buy laptops without an OS
installed.  There's a 
>>>>> Canadian company - www.eurocom.com - which builds
"whitebooks" that can 
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> To bad they don't have a department in Europe.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I guess the owner was/is European, or wanted it to have a
"distinct" 
>>> name... no idea where it really comes from, but hey, I'm not picky - 
>>> I'll ship anything, anywhere. :)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Believe me, to ship from the States to Europe is for end users a very 
>> bad idea. And I know about  what I an speaking because I have done so 
>> already.
>>     
>
> Did ya miss the part where I mentioned Canada?
>
>   
No, not at all. Whether it comes from Canada, China, Mongolia ... 
etc..., it doesn't matter.

Issue for us, poor fellows inside the EU is whether the goods come from 
outside the EU or not. If from outside, the parcel will be hold by the 
customs, with as a consequence, you'll have to pay:

- a fee for the custom "work" for the  to hold-it action.
- a stock holding fee, at a days rate (and a week could have passed 
already before you know).
- The normal IMPORT local duties, based on a price they assume the price 
is - maybe they accept the price on the invoice, maybe not -.
- on the three items before they add the transport costs as stated to 
the invoice, if they accept transport costs as stated on the invoice.
- and on top all that, ON THE SUM  of the 4 items before AND the price, 
they calculate VAT, which is here in Belgium 21 percent.

Give you a simple example: I ordered a few years ago a real IBM keyboard at:

http://www.pckeyboard.com

It was listed  at 49,99 $ and after having done the entire parcours I 
ended up at 151,25 $. That are USD.

Believe me, it just isn't doable. (-:


-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris




 
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