parts from germany

[andy]

It's embarassing that I worked for Customs for over 17 years and really don't know much about duties etc. That's the civil/admin side of the house and all my stuff was criminal. What I do remember is it goes by what the classification is. They have a whole silly and complex code where things are broken down by categories and then sub sets. With Pinz parts it would probably depend on whether it's classified as a truck, the country of origin, and a whole bunch of other details.

This might be a case where at least once it would be easier to seek forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Given what the dollar is worth compared to euros I wouldn't want to be subject to that VAT stuff either.

Andy

[Jim LaGuardia]

You don't pay VAT if parts are leaving the country to the US. I buy Haflinger parts from Austria and Scotland with no problems, however make sure if you are buying Bushings they are listed as such. I got a call from customs early (5:30am)one morning asking me what kind of "bushes" were in the package , after explaining the Brits use that term for bushings and feel free to open the package, they released it and it was only delayed by 1 day.
Parcel post takes about 3 weeks from anywhere in Europe, and UPS is around 36-48hrs to the west coast

[EuroPinz]

Living in Europe I have to pay import fees whenever I get parts from the USA and/or Australia

Regards,

Jacques

[EuroPinz]

Hello Morris,

My name ist Jacques and also known as EUROPINZ in the US Pinzgauer
forum. Tom (from Germany - he is the owner of TOM PINZI-SHOP)) to
whom you have recently send an email to, has had a Computer virus
and was not able to respond to your email. In the mean time he has
lost access to his hard disk and could not retrieve your email
adress. Would you please be so kind an re-send him your latest
email as Tom is looking forward in helping you in your search for
your door tops.
I have purchased several items in the past and looking forward to
purchasing more in the future from Tom. I can vouch 100 % for him
being honest, reliable and a person that will go out of his way to
help anybody. The proof being that he has contacted me so that I
can get hold of you in order for you not to think that he has no
interests in your email.

His email adress is: info@pinzi-shop.de


Best Regards,

Jacques

[krick3tt]

Jacques, I sent email to you and Tom. Thanks for your help.