Europe Distribution

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i think we need to wait until the release... They will probably release 
at same time an "official" distributor loist...

Sebastian Billaudelle wrote:
> pulster.eu seems to be the first OFFICIAL distributor in europe!
> Freerunner -> 299EUR
>
> cheers
> Sebastian
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 22.05.2008, 16:53 +0200 schrieb Steven Le Roux:
>>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Joachim Steiger <roh at openmoko.org 
>> <mailto: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 350EUR incl VAT (plus fee's shipment)
>>
>> -- 
>> Steven Le Roux
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