In Denmark the cost of shipping is automatically added to the item cost
before calculating duty, and then sales tax (25%) is calculted on item +
shipping + duty.
Roger Key
>From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-EOS adapters
>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:02:12 -0500
>
>It also appeals to those in other countries as the declared value
>for customs is lower.
>
>tOM
>
>On 17 Nov 2005 at 22:10,
>Andrew Fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > That's a tactic that is use to reduce their ebay fees, I suspect. It
> > reduces the final value fee while maintaining the price. Worst I
> > saw was a Chinese seller of Leica-EOS adapters whose price was
> > below half the competition but postage was $50! $19 is actually not
> > unreasonable, if you factor in all the overheads - these aren't
> > private sellers. Sending the lad down to the post office has to be
> > costed and charged. AndrewF
> >
> >
> > On 17/11/2005, at 7:36 AM, ScottGee1 wrote:
> >
> > > That said, I've noticed a number of merchants using what I
> > > consider to me an underhanded tactic -- pricing product below cost
> > > while inflating shipping/handling so they end up getting the
> > > profit they want anyway.
>
>
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