RE: [Harp-L] Currency conversion and European VAT (was: Hohner response to Pat Powers post)

["Tom Klingl" <tom.klingl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I always use this currency converter when I do my purchases - very handy

http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

An note on European VAT: When you ship from a European source to a
non-European destination VAT should always be deducted or better: Not even
be charged. This is a price reduction of 19% for purchases from Germany and
still 17.5% from the UK. Sophisticated internet stores normally explicitly
show this in their invoice. 

Unfortunately some smaller on-line music stores do not. And here the trouble
begins: I never had a negative experience purchasing from Germany. However,
when I purchased some chromatic harmonicas in the UK from two different
stores last year, their internet shops didn't show anything in the invoice,
when I typed in my non-European shipping destination. I contacted both of
them and Peter Blyth of "Harmonicas Direct" immediately reassured me that no
VAT would be charged. The other - "Eagle Music Shop" - did not, as a matter
of fact and charged VAT.

Since I have similar experiences with other business branches in the UK in
this matter I would be interested if anyone else on Harp-L could confirm
this.

Best regards from sunny Berne, Switzerland

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Sandy [mailto:slyou65@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:35 AM
To: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx; BKB Multimedia
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] FW: Hohner response to Pat Powers post


17 euros = $21.64 today
 Just type into Google:  17 euros how many dollars

Lockjaw Larry
Breathing Music daily





From: "steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <swebb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx; BKB Multimedia <bkb@xxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 6:35:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] FW: Hohner response to Pat Powers post


Anyone know how the prices listed translate to American dollars? Steve in
Minn.

---- BKB Multimedia <bkb@xxxxxx> wrote: 
>   Hi,
> harmonicas-direct.com
> <http://www.harmonicas-direct.com/Product/Acc33.asp> and Harponline.de 
><http://www.harponline.de/shop/pages/frame.php?kat=050000&hersteller=Hohner
&artikelgruppe=101%2F301&origin=button〈_id=en_GB&>
>> 
>
> has reedplates for Special 20 :-).
> Dan
> 
> 
> 08/27/2010 09:20 PM keltezéssel, Patrick Powers írta:
> > HOW ABOUT OFFERING AFFORDABLE REED PLATES FOR THE SPECIAL 20????
> >
> > If you did that, I would play nothing but Special-20's and praise 
> > your name from the highest mountain.  And, I mean affordable, too.  
> > Not 95% of the price of a new harp either. Think about it.
> >
>