I regularly ship completed repairs to Europe, occasionally I hear
occasional stories regarding VAT taxes. Safe fast shipping is expensive
too, but it gets to Europe in about a week. One OM-1 body shipped by
insured Global Express Mail to the UK is $30 to $40.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
priit@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Jeff Keller wrote:
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>>For camera service, I wouldn't shop around. There is a Olympus
>>specialist in California who generally does very good work but seems
>>to disappear from time to time. If you are very very patient,
>>everything will probably work out fine. I pretty much always use John
>>at www.zuiko.com or Clint at www.olyfix.com now.
>
>
> I've been wondering, does everyone ship their cameras to John or Clint? I
> know there are a lot of listmembers from Europe who have several of OM
> bodies, shipping it out and back into EU seems expensive.
>
> I absolutely have faith that if I sent my gear to John he'd do a terrific
> job, the problem is that I dislike the idea that I have to pay taxes to
> the government for it. Paying the VAT several times for one camera gets
> kind of old.
>
> Anyway, back to the point. Are there any good alternatives inside the EU?
> I have two OM bodies that are perfectly usable as they are now but needing
> minor repair/CLA, and I don't trust the local repairmen enough :) Would be
> very grateful for any advice.
>
> priit.
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