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That is one of those "looks good on paper" concepts

Posted by bwkendall on May 28, 2003 at 11:44:59

In Reply to: Have any of you from the US purchased SF overseas to save big bucks? posted by Jay Paul on May 28, 2003 at 09:49:49:

Assuming for a moment that I did buy some Grand Pianos via an overseas dealer, now I have to pay freight and insurance to get the speakers to a point of entry into the U.S.. Once they arrive here, I have to pay duty, and then additional freight to get them to my doorstep. Since my shipment is not being consolidated with that of a high-volume importer, I will more than likely pay full tariff freight charges all the way through. Adding to all of this, I would have to devote at least a little bit of my time to coordinate this activity. While the value of my time is an implied one, it has value nonetheless. So by the time all is said and done, I would have probably been better off to have just picked up the telephone and called Sumiko in San Francisco.

All of the above has never stopped me from fantasizing about buying Sonus Faber or a number of other overseas speakers in such a fashion.

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