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[flexd]

I was just making a suggestion, and as for joining the norwegian 10 pack 
buy, i could, but they both live far far North in Norway, while i live 
far far south, the cost of sending it would most likely be about the 
same or more as the 10 pack buying discount :(



Heikki Sørum skrev:
> First off all, I highly doubt if any serious corporation _or_ FOSS
> community would engage in such matters. There are much more at stake
> than just a wish to avoid a additional 25% VAT surcharge. ( That's the
> tax he's complaining about.) Regardless, discussing illegal VAT or tax
> evasion on a public mailinglist isn't the world's brightest idea. On
> the other hand, If he'd prefer to pay less VAT there is a way for
> Norwegians to do so. Norwegians are allowed to bring into Norway wares
> worth up to 6000NOK (about 1200USD) _IF_ they spend a minimum of 24
> hours abroad. If Flexd really want to avoid paying VAT I'd recommend
> him to order a freerunner from a EU dealer and ship it _post restante_
> to a swedish post office. Then he'l have to pick it up after
> spending a day&night in sweden. 
>
> Post restante= Old postal tradition where mail and packages are
> adressed to a post office rather than a person. Such packages are then
> retained for two weeks _without_ notice. The recipient has to pick
> it up and prove their identity before the post office releases such
> mail/packages. 
>
> When that have been said, why cant flexd join the norwegian 10pack
> order?
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GroupSales
>
> Sincerly, Heikki Soerum.
>
>
> Den Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:00:06 +0200
> flexd <flexd at doombox.org> skrev:
>
>   
>> If ordering from the US (or anywhere really), would it be possible to 
>> have the package marked as a gift to evade taxes and such? Norwegian 
>> taxes are high, so we'll probably pay like half a phone extra >_<
>>
>> Pietro "m0nt0" Montorfano skrev:
>>     
>>> Erland Lewin ha scritto:
>>>       
>>>> 2008/4/13, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" <mail at 3v1n0.net>:
>>>>  
>>>>         
>>>>>  Well, if you consider that you've to pay the shipping costs from 
>>>>> Usa or
>>>>> Asia in 10 or more people, instead that as an alone buyer I think 
>>>>> that you
>>>>> gain really more than 30$-8€ ;)
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>> Well, that is the key question now for us in the EU - I believe
>>>> that FIC has said that they will have a distribution center in the
>>>> EU, which should make the shipping much less expensive. The very
>>>> high shipping cost in relation to the price of the phone I think
>>>> was a problem with the GTA01...
>>>>
>>>> I'm very much looking forward to hearing about how FIC will solve
>>>> the EU distribution, and how much the shipping will be in Europe
>>>> on top of the $399 + VAT price, which I think is a very good
>>>> price. I think that info would be in the next update from FIC.
>>>>
>>>> /Erland in Stockholm, Sweden
>>>>         
>>> Yes, you are right, i was thinking that buying a 10pack phone is 
>>> always cheaper than buying a single phone due to the shipping
>>> costs. I'd like to know the eu price and if it's convenient to buy
>>> the phone in eu, else there are some services that you can
>>> subscribe for 10$ which give you an us address so you buy the phone
>>> and send them there, after that you pay the shiping cost from there
>>> to your nation, this can let you to not pay VAT, don't know how
>>> much it's legal but i'd like to get more info on this services
>>> because they can be very useful. Everything obviously is to see how
>>> much the eu phone costs due to the VAT and other taxes.
>>> So i have to get more info about this service but they exist so i 
>>> think it should be a good deal to use them if in eu the phone will 
>>> cost too much.
>>>
>>> Cya!
>>>
>>> Pietro
>>>
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