Author Topic: 75 SI for trade/Sale (Read 521 times)

mrben · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2004, 05:03:44 AM »

Aplogies for a sociological interlude but this last post has made me wonder, what is the proportion of men/women owning Alembics? With the honourable exceptions of Susan and Mica, this seems quite a male dominated club. I'd like to hope that I'm wrong but....?

adriaan · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2004, 05:09:30 AM »

No ifs and buts about it, this is a male dominated club. Just one bassist and two guitarists all of the female persuasion, that I know of.

- Uh, could Courtney also be a man's name?

(Message edited by adriaan on October 05, 2004)

harald_rost · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2004, 05:10:52 AM »

Yes, some statistics like gender, age, country etc. about this club would be interesting!

Harald

gare · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2004, 06:17:06 AM »

Nigel
If you did your shipment on line it should have printed out an airbill..there's your tracking number. If it was done on an 'airbill' you should have recieved a 'pink' copy.

Gary..the Federale

endryq · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2004, 08:53:20 AM »

Thomas: I can imagine that! I'm located in Germany it's not that easy to find an Alembic overhere...so it\s not just fun it's a little bit of work.

BTW: Nobody an Alembic four string (Essence/Distillate/Elan/...) for sale...?

At least I reached the fourth step .

bsee · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:00:24 AM »

There are plenty for sale! Start a new thread and describe what you're looking for and your price range, and we will help you find it. I know of a decent looking Elan that no one seems interested in. If you buy one from the US, what's it going to cost to get it over to you?

David Houck · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2004, 09:01:38 AM »

Such statistics may be interesting, but I believe it worth consideration that some members may wish to keep such information private. Within the context of this particular group it seems to me entirely reasonable that some people may wish to be seen as nothing more than fellow Alembic owners.

endryq · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2004, 10:50:50 AM »

Alright! I asked a couple of sellers at ebay what shipping to Germany would cost: Some people said 200$ some said 300$ and a couple said even 500$. You have to include insurance & duty...

I already started a thread. If any body wants to sell an Alembic feel free to send me a mail.

tigmatebratak@web.de

Thanks!!!

poor_nigel · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2004, 01:56:25 PM »

I have wondered about the 'duty' that overseas buyers have to pay. Do you have to pay duty on a gift? Can't a friend send it to you as a gift and not have to go through some form of taxation? Not trying to get anyone jailed, just curious. I would like to see as many players on the planet get to own an Alembic as is possible. The more the merrier in my opinion (Note, I almost said bass players, omitting the ultra-high piccolo bass players again - Old dog learns new trick).

The Doh! Found and sent. above was for when I found and sent Ed the tracking number. Thanks for the help though.

palembic · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2004, 04:15:56 PM »

Brother Thomas is right. The gift trick is applied by lots of my friends.
Although ...there are not tax controllers that accept a gift of 3K . Don't forget that every Alembic(or other fine brand)oversea buyer wants to take the jump without insurance. And for an insurance you better take the full-price-new-in-case-you-loose-the-thing price.

BTW: US/EU transport UPS is indeed depending! Insured value, packaging technique, volume of end package and weight, etc ...etc ...but I would consider 280? a fair price (about 310 $).

PS: you better let the guitar pack by the people at FEDEX or UPS or DHL. It seems there are for example UPS-stores in the US. It helps with insurance too!!!!

Paul the bad one

harald_rost · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2004, 11:33:54 PM »

I bought a Chapman Stick last year and shipping costs from USA to Germany were 185 $, sent via UPS. I think shipping a bass would be about the same amount. In Germany we to have to pay 16 % import taxes and about 4 % customs duty for importing instruments. Therefore you can calculate plus 20 % additional costs of the total price (instument+shipping).

Harald

endryq · « **Reply #26 on:** October 06, 2004, 04:11:28 PM »

So, is it possible to save 20% when you send something as a gift? Is this legal? Would be very interesting...But as Paul said it could be very difficult to explain a gift of 3K.