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Selling to EU countries


andyonbass
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Happy Christmas BC'ers!

It looks promising that I might be selling my Acoustic Image combo to a buyer in Denmark :)
I have no experience of selling abroad, but I have just obtained quotes for shipping averaging around £70 fully insured to the value of £800.
Does any of our members have any experience of selling to Denmark or other EU countries? What would be the best method of payment?
Any other advice welcome, particularly in respect to the insurance cover…...
Thanks
Andy

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I have also sold and sent many items to European countries (Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Belgium, France...) and never had a problem.
Payment has been always bank transfer, money being sent to me in pounds, not the equivalent in Euros as you might be hit by your bank with the exchange rate and end up not getting your sale price.

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Definitely try to get the money paid to you in £ and not €. In general terms it's cheaper for the buyer to use his bank to perform the conversion than for a receiving seller in the UK. Some UK banks have been known to charge as much as £25 just to perform the conversion.

Also worth checking that any country you're selling to is definitely in the EU. Some Scandinavian countries aren't and this means your buyer would be hit by local sales tax which could be as much as 25% :(

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[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1388010643' post='2317902']
Denmark is in the EU and has the Danish crown as currency; it is highly unlikely that a buyer there would want to pay in Euros.
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I have bought a bass from Denmark where the seller had priced it in EUR.
Guess he was expecting to get a buyer from with the Euro zone

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