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As Andorra isnt in the EU has anyone that has bought directly from Commencal been caught for import duty ?
Nopes. I bought stuff back in the day, i guess 5-7 years ago.
in the Buying section
VAT and Tax-free Countries
Items ordered on the COMMENCAL Store are shipped from France. The price is for European Union countries and therefore VAT is included and additional taxes will not be incurred. For deliveries to countries outside of the European Union the customer pays the price before tax. The exact rate is updated in the ‘Order Payment’ area.
https://www.commencal-store.co.uk/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=1349643
Cheers Mikewsmith, never even thought to look there 🙂
Question for my brother, who lives near the Pyrenees (French side). So if we drive together to Andorra, can he buy at an outlet store? If yes then I can drive home and he can charge down a frontier trail on his clearly-had-it-several-months steed and I pick him up the other side!
Question for my brother, who lives near the Pyrenees (French side). So if we drive together to Andorra, can he buy at an outlet store? If yes then I can drive home and he can charge down a frontier trail on his clearly-had-it-several-months steed and I pick him up the other side!
Probably, doesn't make it legal though.
I know someone who flew to NYC with work with £20 worth of pub bike in a bag, bought himself a bike at a decent, if not earth shattering discount compared to UK prices, got it dirty and brought it home. Exchange rate was better then.
I know someone who flew to NYC with work with £20 worth of pub bike in a bag, bought himself a bike at a decent, if not earth shattering discount compared to UK prices, got it dirty and brought it home. Exchange rate was better then.
This was pretty common back when the exchange rate was close to $2=£1. I did it when I did a race in Florida. Had a new bike shipped to the hotel I was staying in and flew home with it genuinely filthy post race having skipped a bso I'd brought over. Could have gone wrong though - if the bike had not shown up or there was a problem with it I'd have found myself racing in the 70.3 world ironman champs on an Apollo full suspension monster sized for a 10yr old!
Yep back then you could get one cheaper even with the flight added but once the exchange rate corrected it wasn't even close and the US just closed the loop on some sales tax stuff to
So Commencal does have an outlet store then? Only a 3-4 hour drive from my brother's so it'd be a nice day out even if buying wasn't possible.