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Originally Posted by catharsis
Now that the DR800SG is available in the US, can someone make a calculation about how much will it cost to be shipped to Europe (eg. Finland) with a service like http://www.usunlocked.com/ ? Actually what service would you recommend?
399$ is roughly 295€. The price for Europe is 500€ (roughly 170%) higher. |
After commission, tax, VAT, customs, ... the price in Dollar will add up to about the same amount in Euro.
399 Dollar will end up being between 380 Euro and 440 Euro (sometimes you're lucky = no customs).
I never buy in the US to save money. This only makes sense if you purchase yorself, for example on a business trip. Then you don't have to pay commission or customs.
And don't forget: Difficulties with warranty. And you most likely won't be able to use 3G and the shops on the iRex.
I only purchase in the US, if the respective unit simply isn't available in Europe. If it's available, I usually end up with exactly the same amount. I've ordered Sony 600 from the US. A few weeks later it was available here for exactly the same price I had paid in total. But here I'd have warranty...
The calculation is simple:
ca. 10% commission.
Sometimes ca. 10% sales tax. Depending which unit and where to buy.
ca. $ 40 for shipment to Europe.
Customs and VAT is different for every country. But you can expect ca. 20% of total value (incl. shipment) in Europe.
---> $ 400 unit price + $ 40 commission + $ 40 shipment = $ 480
$ 480 import + ca. $ 80 VAT/customs = ca. $ 560 = ca. 410 Euro
BTW: I can recommend US Unlocked.
Example:
Sony 900 bought via US Unlocked:
$ 399 list price ---> $ 470.79 from US Unlocked = 350 Euro. With shipment, VAT and customs I ended around 400 Euro.
In about 20% of my purchases I've been lucky: No customs and VAT (they simply didn't check the package), but you can't influence that.