Europe Distribution

Steven Le Roux steven at le-roux.info
Thu May 22 16:53:32 CEST 2008


On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Joachim Steiger <roh at openmoko.org> wrote:

> Steven Le Roux wrote:
> > What about Europe distribution ;). Let's come back to the subject :)
>
> well.. i think that was already answered somewhere in the thread in
> other words, but here my short version:
>
> afaik there will be 2 possibilities:
>
> - order at the openmoko us based webshop.
>  - pay in us$
>  - pay the (to europe quite high but not unusual) higher shipping fee
>  - if not in the us: pay the VAT/sales tax of the target country on
> recieving the package to the ups guy (usually in cash)
>  - use a CC (currently JCB, VISA, MASTER. _no_ AMEX afaik)
>
> - order at a local distributor
>  - pay the local currency
>  - pay for shipping if you do not pick it up yourself
>  - pay the regional tax/vat of your county directly with the device and
> shipping
>
> so the bottomline is: us customers as well as worldwide can very easily
> order directly at openmoko. but if you do not want to have the hassle of
>  transatlantic shipping, different currencies etc or want local
> warranty, buy at a local distributor.
>
> i guess due to the shipping costs its cheaper and less hassle to order
> single devices directly at a distributor. also these could have
> different payment methods, but thats their decision.
>
>
> kind regards
>
> --
>
> Joachim Steiger
> Openmoko Central Services
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To resume, there are some dsitributors :

France : Bearstech
Germany : TRIsoft

we don't already know conditions, and prices with Bearstech, but TRIsoft
seems to be arrested to 350€ incl VAT (plus fee's shipment)

-- 
Steven Le Roux
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