Buying Ami stuff in Germany for the UK

[rockape]

Hi,

Quote

Odin

"All in all I've bought a few things and sold a few things via EBay to and from Germany. Haven't had any problems really. I usually pay by direct banktransfer (because that's free inside the EMU (or perhaps even inside the whole of EU?))."


Nope it certainly isn't in the UK.

I tried to send £14 in Euros to Germany last year by Bank Transfer and was quoted the following charges.

Abbey Bank £25

HSBC £12

Barclays Bank £12

Lloyds TSB £12

I also showed the banks the following quote from the EU directive and was told that ALL British banks levy a charge, even though it apparently breaks EU law

"19.12.2001    EN    Official Journal of the European Communities    C 363/1 I

(Information)

COUNCIL COMMON POSITION (EC) No 41/2001 adopted by the Council on 7 December 2001

with a view to adopting Regulation (EC) No . . ./2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border payments in euro (2001/C 363/01)

(6) The fact that the level of charges for cross-border payments continues to remain higher than the level of charges for internal payments is hampering cross-border trade and therefore constitutes an obstacle to the proper functioning of the internal market. This is also likely to affect confidence in the euro.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the functioning of the internal market, it is necessary to ensure that charges for cross-border payments in euro are the same as charges for payments made in euro within a Member State, which will also bolster confidence in the euro."


I ended up sending the cash (in Euros) inside a box of chocolates, risky but it worked.


Also, on a note ref Amigakit, I've bought from Matthew many times, his support is exceptional.


Regards, Michael

aka rockape

[x56h34]

rockape wrote:

Also, on a note ref Amigakit, I've bought from Matthew many times, his support is exceptional.

Ditto. Always a pleasure to shop at AmigaKit.

[Tahoe]

@Savan:

Thanx; apology accepted

[InTheSand]

I've bought quite a few odds and sods from various people and companies in various countries (AmigaKit included, and have always got good service there).

Generally speaking, most of the world (aside from the USA) is 220-240V, with equipment from the last couple of decades designed to work within those voltage ranges. Certainly equipment from western Europe would be fine, just requiring a simple mechanical plug adaptor (or just snip off the plug and stick a UK one on it).

As far as the OS goes, the Kickstart ROMs are (as far as I know) all in English with no regional variations. The language shown in Workbench will depend on software controlled locales, so that can be easily changed (or the OS reinstalled).

With buying stuff, if it's from a reputable company, I'll often use a credit card - this has an advantage of little or no fees to transfer money internationally, and sometimes the card provider will give you online fraud protection of some sort. It's certainly easier than paying rip-off charges from the banks. Paypal is another option if the seller/company supports it.

 - Ali

[Savan]

@Tahoe

Having a girlfriend who is a rape victim and seeing the pain it has caused over the years I can't help feeling highly offended by your remark.

First of all i apolgies for causing offence (comments removed), however that is a well used term to described companies what sell items at expensive prices.

[Hyperspeed]

Hey I'm sure that '060 was a Cyberstorm MK2... appropriate for this thread that I mention this as I just can't find an A4000t to put it in.

I'd love an original Commodore A4000t with the glass bezel but I haven't seen one in ages!

I've got the cash burning a hole in my wallet for an A4000t and an '060/PIV combo and I can't find the darn things anywhere. Some guy in Germany had an A4000t going but I couldn't tell if it was THE original, a QuikPak or an Escom.