Hi, I assumed we only needed to send over the USD 1491 and pay the shipping company directly. Of which 4% is around USD 58. But this was just a worst case assumption to be on the safe side (e.g. if we have to pay by credit card fee + the exchange fee to peso) Actual cost should be lower.
Philipp On Jun 6, 2013 5:30 AM, "Philip Hands" <p...@hands.com> wrote: > Philipp Hug <deb...@hug.cx> writes: > > > Hi, > > > >> Plus shipping. As always, I quoted with UPS for you to have an > >> > idea, but it can be via any courier service of your choice: > US$1169 > >> > to US$1239.44 (attaching a PDF with the options in case you want > to > >> > look for other companies). > >> > >> However, what strikes me is that we will pay almost the same price for > >> shipping ($3.10 per T-Shirt), excluding the carbon footprint. > >> > >> FTR, the *delivered* price for one T-Shirt is 6.78USD = 5.18EUR = > >> 6.43CHF, according to today's rate exchange: > >> > > > > Please don't forget money transfer costs, import duty, VAT and customs > > handling. > > For T-Shirts the one of the following tariffs is relevant: > > 6109.1 (cotton T-Shirts) and 6109.9 (T-Shirts of other materials) > > Default rate is CHF 152 / 100kg, but fortunately we have a free trade > > agreement with Mexico (through EFTA) which means: import duty: 0 > > > > But you have to add 8% on the total amount (T-Shirts + shipping) + > handling > > fee for import which you pay to shipping company which should be around > CHF > > 50. > > > > So: T-Shirts + Shipping + VAT is: > > USD 1461 + USD 1169 + USD 210 (VAT) = USD 2840 = CHF 2674 > > > > And adding customs handling fee + money transfer/conversion costs > (assuming > > 4%): CHF 50 + CHF 40 > > Total: CHF2764 > > per shirt: CHF 6.91 > > 4% of 2840 is 114 USD, or of 2674 is 107 CHF, so I don't quite follow > your maths. > > If it's really going to cost that much (i.e. 100*) then I'm sure we can > do better using informal methods (i.e. offering to buy dollars from > one/some of our friends in return for CHF spending money when they turn > up for DC13 ... or failing that, bitcoin). > > Cheers, Phil. > -- > |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ > |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ > |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND >
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