8mm Forum: Forum Members in ITALY . . . help please!

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Posted by Jeremy Day (Member # 791) on August 25, 2009, 05:56 PM:

Hello All,

It has been awhile!

I was recently attempting to order a scooter helmet from vespashopping.com . . . but they do not ship the U.S.A. Unfortunately, they are the ONLY site that offers this particular helmet.

So I have been trying to think of a creative way of having the helmet shipped to the U.S.A. Then I thought of the 8mm Forum and its members from around the world.

Would anyone from Italy mind to act as a middle man (or woman) in my postal dilema? I would order the helmet and have it shipped to your address (which would cost me a mere 10 Euro to ship to an Italian address). Then I would wait for you to tell me how much the shipping would be to my address from your location and would either Paypal or Western Union the amount to ship the item.

You'd be doing me a big favor. I would prefer someone who has a fair number of posts and who has been around for awhile (familiar to the other forum members).

I would prefer the member to be in Italy, because shipping goes up dramatically in surrounding countries.

Please let me know if you can help with my odd request.

Thanks,

Jeremy Day

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on August 25, 2009, 06:06 PM:

Jeremy,

You should retitle this thread "Forum Members in Italy...Help!" or something similar(!). That way you'll attract the attention of those members much faster.

Doug

Posted by Jeremy Day (Member # 791) on August 25, 2009, 08:29 PM:

Duly noted. Thanks Doug. [Smile]

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on August 26, 2009, 03:47 AM:

Jeremy, Why dont they ship to the USA? It seems strange to me that a company wont deal with one of the largest countries in the world....they must be losing sales [Frown]

Kev.

Posted by Fabrizio Mosca (Member # 142) on August 26, 2009, 04:17 AM:

Jeremy, but in this case you'll pay both VAT (included in italian price) and custom (when shipped from Italy to USA)

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on August 26, 2009, 12:51 PM:

quote:
Why dont they ship to the USA?

Will that be a retaliatory message from many Ebaers state "Not ship to Italy" (Why the hell is that?)

Regarding VAT imported items, in many countries there is a minimum amount that custom will not be charged for VAT. In Indonesia where is a developing country a 50$ item is not taxed. I think it will be more in the USA. Check your Custom. How much is your Helmet?

But please remember that Customs always tax you from c.i.f (cost, insurance and freight). So the more expensive freight service you have (such as DHL or FedEx) the more tax will be.

Posted by Jeremy Day (Member # 791) on August 26, 2009, 05:44 PM:

To be honest, I am not certain why they do not ship to the USA or Canada. It is a very reputable company.

The cost of the helmet is 95 Euro and shipping to Italy is 10 Euro.

I'm not sure about fees . . . I do know that a traveler crossing the USA border can, generally speaking, have $800.00 worth of stuff and not pay duty. Sometimes more or sometimes less . . . depending on the country.

Having said this, I do not see a helmet costing $140.00 costing anything. I've never paid duty on anything I ever received in the mail.

Thanks,

Jeremy

Posted by Jeremy Day (Member # 791) on August 29, 2009, 07:23 AM:

Anywho, still looking for help . . . if anyone might be willing. Thanks.

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 29, 2009, 10:51 AM:

Jeremy,
will read your post more carefully tonight when home and see if I'll be in a position to help you.
Ciao.

GIAN

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 29, 2009, 06:13 PM:

Jeremy, supply me all info about this helmet (item code or pictures, favorite color, size, link to the site you have mentioned). I'll be pleased to help you and I'll try to see what I can do.

My PM is:

gloncri (at) hotmail (dot) it

Consider anyway what Fabrizio has written in his reply to your post: the price could increase because of taxes. I know for sure that shipping to USA won't be less than 35/40 euro.

Let me know.
CIAO.

Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on August 29, 2009, 06:38 PM:

You could always send as a gift with a very low value but then insurance may not pay out if it gets lost!

Kev.

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 30, 2009, 01:56 AM:

I would go to the closer post office to ask soon about the best and less expensive way. Thanks for this suggestion, Kevin.

Posted by Gian Luca Mario Loncrini (Member # 1417) on August 30, 2009, 06:12 PM:

Jeremy, I have sent you a mail.
I wait for some news.
Ciao.

GL

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