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Le_zOU
22
Jul 26, 2018
My monitor has been shipped 2 days ago and it's already in France, got a UPS notification that taxes would be due on delivery. On top of the 170$ shipping and handling. It would have been nice if Massdrop had included the taxes, I mean, I Amazon can find a way to calculate and warn about taxes, anybody can....
A community member
Jul 26, 2018
Le_zOUwait wait wait wait wait. Shipping and handling are 170$?
edit: yes. it's 600$ Base Price + 170$ Shipping + at least 100$ Customs.
You're paying around 900$ total if you buy this from Europe. I don't see any reason why anyone would do that when there are plenty of 900$ monitors to choose from.
Le_zOU
22
Jul 26, 2018
Yep, but you can't get anything near that for 900€. So still good value
A community member
Jul 26, 2018
Le_zOUQuick search on Mindfactory. Curved 34/35" 1440p monitors with >=100Hz refresh rate and VA or even IPS panels: ROG Strix XG35VQ ~800€ Asus ROG Swift PG348Q ~950€ Asus Designo Curve MX34VQ ~700€ Samsung C34H890 ~700€ Samsung C34F791WQU ~700€
The Vast looks like a great monitor and I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it weren't for the almost 300€ in hidden fees for overseas customers. I have no idea how they could get it out at this price point almost 2 years ago, but in 2018 there are a bunch of alternatives to choose from (and some of them don't even look like red-and-black toys).
Vojta.pokorny
52
Jul 26, 2018
Le_zOUThe LG 34UC88 is currently 700€ on German Amazon, which still is at least $100 lower than this.
I didn't expect that shipping would cost so much, but yeah, anything over a certain value (In CZ it's 22€, not sure if that's united across EU countries) has to go through customs and is subject to VAT.
So I always up the price by 20% (the VAT rate in Czech Republic), then calculate the price in CZK.
A community member
Jul 26, 2018
Vojta.pokornyI don't think it's united across EU countries, every member seems to have their own little twist.
But price+20% is a good estimate, and it's definitely something overseas customers should take into account when buying on MD.
Le_zOU
22
Jul 26, 2018
Vojta.pokornyAnything under 150€ isn't checked by customs in France. Unless it goes through UPS/DHL then they add the taxes automatically I think.
Le_zOU
22
Jul 26, 2018
Vojta.pokornyThe 34UC88 is 674€ on French amazon (was over 800€)
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