clauder Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Hi All, <br> <br> As my favorite online camera store went out of businness not long ago (New York Camera in Germany), I'm looking for a new one that I can trust and who have acceptable prices (I'm living in Luxembourg, must be one of the most expensive countries in Europe)<br><br> Where do you Europeans buy your stuff (EOS gear), the store should be in europe (those import taxes for overseas items suck), preferably germany, france, belgium...<br><br> Many thanks for any answers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_burke3 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Claude Are you saying NY-Camera has gone out of business? I've just been looking at their website, which while most of it looks familiar also looks a bit different - i think the Home page has vanished/moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_beckmann Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 http://www.nordfoto.de/ http://www.technikdirekt.de/ http://www.ac-foto.com/ http://www.foto-koch.de/ to name a few. The first three I have used personally. Nordfoto is my favorite. They are also imho the best source for film in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauder Posted November 12, 2004 Author Share Posted November 12, 2004 Well I was talking about the german filiale of the shop... But I was checking the website, they seem to be called 'Digital Wonder World' (sounds trustworthy to you? I don't know...), but it is the same online shop layout and stuff... <BR><BR> I'm not too sure what happened though, I received an email from the manager a few days ago that they went into insolvence (do you call it that in english?), and would stop operations and deliveries... I can forward you the mail if you like! But as I say, it's the German based shop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauder Posted November 12, 2004 Author Share Posted November 12, 2004 Thanks a lot, that was exactly the information I was looking for! I'll have a look at norfoto right away! thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrigo_coutinho Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 www.computeruniverse.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west_cork Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 www.7dayshop.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_burke3 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 7DayShop are not in the EU! - they're in the Channel Islands. Therefore, when you buy an expensive item from them, you will be charged VAT at the point of delivery because you are importing an item into the EU on which VAT and duty are payable. Note that I'm not criticising 7DayShop here - I buy ink, film & paper from them, and for items like they're very cost-effective; they package things into parcels that come below the threshold point at which UK Customs will levy VAT, etc. But this will not apply in the case of a camera. As to why the Channel Islands are not in the EU, I'm not entirely clear. I suppose it's because they're not actually part of the UK - they're a possession of the Crown. Presumably decided (they have their own assembly , I think, and government) to not join the EU. In many respects they are treated as if they were part of the UK, but this VAT issue is one area where they are definitely not so treated. Of course, I don't know how well aware the customs authorities of other EU states are of the Channel Islands' status. They may not be, or perhaps an individual customs official may not be, and therefore might let goods in without levying VAT & duty. But the formal position is that VAT & duty are due on goods imported into the EU, and the Channel Islands are outside it. Therefore if you buy from a supplier based there you had better be prepared for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosvanEekelen Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 www.geengeld.nl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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