Probably just my ignorance (which is virtually boundless) but why would VAT
be due? The camera is not being bought/sold. On a couple of occasions I have
bought stuff from the USA & the seller has marked the item as a gift on the
customs document (not that I'd ever ask them to do such a thing) - in which
case no VAT/dues were payable.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Andrew Fildes
Sent: 18 March 2005 11:13
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Sending an Olympus on a world trip
On 18/03/2005, at 10:09 PM, tom_f77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
>> International mailing costs would cripple anything but a Stylus/mju!
>> People will tend not to want to join a ring that will cost them at
>> least $25 to participate.
>> AndrewF
>
> I reckon half the fun would be seeing how the camera managed to hitch
> its way
> from continent to continent with people who happened to be making
> trips; long
> rambles around Europe and then a sudden jump to the Antipodes etc etc.
> Surely
> not beyond us to "organise".
>
> Tom
>
Could take around five years that way and excludes non-travellers. Plus
no-one is going to want to be first receiver in Europe given VAT rates
or last despatcher to another continent, given postage rates. Sorry to
be a wet blanket, but I've had the experience! Go light and small! Or
have a competition for the list where all pix have to be taken with
OM1/50-1.8? Of an identical item?
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