Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Contax G 21mm accessory finder
From: Ian Stanley <istanley@telusplanet.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 05:36:02 -0600

Greetings all,

	I will be travelling from Canada to England in the third week of September
and would be willing to smuggle - make that carry the finders over in my
suitcase if that would be a help at all.

Ian Stanley
(currently not in Kathmandu)

At 08:37 PM 98/06/14 +0200, you wrote:
>
>Hi Gerd,
>
>You do have a point there. I am copying my reply to the LUG so that other
>Europeans on it can benefit from it too. Transferring money to Phong in the
>USA may well be more expensive that just coughing up the customs duty and
>VAT. I have a possible solution here. I happen to have a bank account in the
>USA (there is even money in it :-)), so Phong could send all the finders
>destined for European destinations to me, I would pay him with a US check,
>and each of the other Europeans could then pay me either with a Eurocheque or
>by sending cash in an envelope; since I travel around Europe a lot, I can
>always use DM, UK pounds, NLG, FF, SEK or DKR.
>
>So far I see that three Europeans have expressed interest: you, me, and
>Martin in Sweden. That is quite a manageable number. If it is acceptable to
>Phong and to the two of you, I would be happy to serve in an intermediary
>role. I guess this would bring the final cost to each of us to something like
>$100-$110, however. Let me know what you think.
>
>Nathan
>
>Gerd Hechtfischer wrote:
>
>> I am also interested in buying such a finder. I am located in Munich,
>> Germany. Sending the finders to UK and then redistributing them in EU,
>> as you suggested, sounds like a great idea.
>> The bigger problem I see is how to transfer the money to Phong, a
>> bank transfer or a check sent to a foreign country will easily be charged
>> with bank fees of 30-60 DM, depending on which bank you use. This
>> might drive the price unacceptably high.
>> The best way would be to charge to a credit card, but Phong has no
>> possibility to do that. If you have ideas how to handle all this, please
>> let me know.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gerd
>
>
>
>--
>Nathan Wajsman
>Overijse, Belgium
>
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