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In Reply to: That is one of those "looks good on paper" concepts posted by bwkendall on May 28, 2003 at 11:44:59:
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if you bought them while travelling overseas, you still have to handle the freight charges to bring them back and you still have to pay customs and duty charges. The only benefits you derive by purchasing them yourself while on the other side of the pond is (1) you can see what you are buying; (2) payment to the dealer is resolved a bit more quickly; and (3) you take possession of the speakers more quickly (albeit in a foreign country).
And the airplane restrictions, you can just send them through as luggage (usually paying the airline a fee, sometimes $100 or more), and declare them upon arrival. I know guys who have done this with motorcycle exhausts and such. You will have to pay an import duty, which can get expensive. But you usually come out ahead.I also know people who have marked the items as "used gifts" and thus avoided paying most all of the duties. But I feel this is unethical and would not take this route to save a buck.
In the end, I don't think it would be worth my hassle/time unless I just fell for a pair of Cremona Auditors or something smaller and got them for like 30% of the US cost... Remember you won't have warranty or dealer support, either, and who knows if Sumiko would even help get them serviced in the event of a driver failure...
that can backfire. These customs guys might be dumb sometimes, but they aren't stupid.
Customs people are very lax. Don't give them too much credit.I bring stuff home all the time.
As long as you can stuff it in your suitcase, no problem.
I had a wedding in Europe. All the stuff was left at my European mother-in-laws. Every Euro trip, we bring some of the new wedding gifts back home. Never, ever, ever have we paid a dime in customs. AND, to top it off, some of this stuff is BIGGER than monitors I've brought home with me.
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