Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Erfurth wrote: > > So if I am going to Europe and the price is roughly > the same as it is in the US, plus I get the VAT tax refunded why not > buy it there? that's interesting. on a recent trip to london i found prices of leica gear to be substantially more than usa prices (at least at my local shop). in general, the UK PST price was the same numeric value as the USA $ price. as the exchange rate is about 1.7 $s to a PST this represented substantially more than the 17.5% VAT. further, unless one wants to smuggle, i believe that duty would be owed on any leica gear as there is little they sell that is less than the duty-free allowance. mark