For information, to that $30-$40 you need to add the cost of the CLA, and
VAT+duty in Europe (overall about 22% in UK) is due on the total. In the
UK, we also get to pat GBP13.5 for the pleasure of the GEM service
collecting the VAT+duty. Thus - as a purely "off the top of my head"
example - a recent bargain 40/2 with OM-2n end cap incurred VAT+duty oncost
of GBP60.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of John Hermanson
Sent: 14 November 2006 15:17
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: euro OM service (was Re: Troublesome OM1)
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.
___________________________________
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:
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Jeff Keller wrote:
>
>
>>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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