[sdiy] Need advice some diy advice as a beginner

[benjamin]

Same problem in Belgium with customs office...
And if you're out of luck you have a queue of 40 people. At noon or 
closure time even when there's still 10 or more people in queue he 
closes his office... Very Kafka sometimes :p

thx for straightening out banzaieffects, they deserve it. It's a good 
shop, the most helpfull i've come across for Europe.
And I'm indeed not going to order 100 Pots at once as i'm just starting 
out :p ...

Benjamin

Derek Holzer wrote:
> Did I mention that going to the Zoll (customs office) here takes half 
> the day? There's no other way for private persons to do it, they send 
> you a letter and you have to go pick up your package. It's in the far 
> wastelands of West Berlin where nobody goes, too far to ride the bike 
> and exactly at the other end of the S-Bahn lines...
>
> Add a half day's legwork to waiting days or weeks for parts from 
> someplace in North America or Asia, dealing with mass distributors and 
> potentially having to sell off some of your haul in a group buy 
> situation in order to get a cheap price, and suddenly these resellers 
> don't look like such a "wanker EU ripoff" after all.
>
> So unless it's really a lot of something that I need, I don't have any 
> problem to go to Banzai. I consider them to be mid-level priced for 
> Europe, and they stock quality components rather than Reichelt 
> garbage. The fact that they are very nice people, and I can ride there 
> on my bike, also play a big part.
>
> As for the $4 poti, I think that's an extreme example, as the majority 
> of Banzai's 16mm Alpha pots are EUR 1.29 or 1.79 (USD 1.79 - 2.48). I 
> wouldn't order a hundred from them, but if I need four or five for a 
> module this week, I don't hesitate.
>
> best!
> D.
>
> Derek Holzer wrote:
>> Last time I got zapped by the Zoll here in Germany it was 13.5%
>>
>> D.
>>
>> Justin Owen wrote:
>>
>>> Can I ask what the 35% tax is you're talking about?
>>>
>>> I know that a couple of EU countries have a 25% VAT rate - but 35% 
>>> import duty on electronic components?
>>
>>
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