Sold SOLD! Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS Lens

[B.S.Kumar]

SOLD! Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS Lens in excellent condition. The glass is clear, the focusing action is smooth and the aperture is snappy. Both the original lens caps are included.

Payment: Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via PayPal invoice or bank transfer either directly or through Wise (wise dot com, which may work out cheaper for you).
The current PayPal currency conversion rate can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/lu/smarthelp...find-paypal's-currency-exchange-rates-faq1976
Wise's rates can be found here: https://wise.com

Shipping: The price includes worldwide shipping via my choice of JapanPost or UPS. If you have a specific carrier in mind, please check with me so that shipping costs can be confirmed. Customs duties, VAT and any handling charges levied by the post office or courier in your country are your responsibility.

If you live in the EU, here is a helpful article:

Buying goods online coming from a non-European Union country

As soon as you buy a product from a non-EU country, then effectively you become an importer and become liable to Customs and Excise Duty as well as Value Added Tax (VAT) payments.

taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu

If you live elsewhere, please see your Customs Office website.

If you are buying from me for the first time, please give me your full name, PayPal email, verified street address and phone number and I will send you an invoice. If you would like to use the bank or Wise (wise dot com), please give me this information, and I will send you an invoice and instructions for making the transfer.

Thanks for looking,
Kumar

 

[RalphLambrecht]

For sale is a Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS Lens in excellent condition. The glass is clear, the focusing action is smooth and the aperture is snappy. Both the original lens caps are included.

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Price: 18,900 JPY / ~126 USD, including worldwide shipping.

Payment: Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via PayPal invoice or bank transfer either directly or through Wise (wise dot com, which may work out cheaper for you).
The current PayPal currency conversion rate can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/lu/smarthelp/article/where-can-i-find-paypal's-currency-exchange-rates-faq1976
Wise's rates can be found here: https://wise.com

Shipping: The price includes worldwide shipping via my choice of JapanPost or UPS. If you have a specific carrier in mind, please check with me so that shipping costs can be confirmed. Customs duties, VAT and any handling charges levied by the post office or courier in your country are your responsibility.

If you live in the EU, here is a helpful article:

Buying goods online coming from a non-European Union country

As soon as you buy a product from a non-EU country, then effectively you become an importer and become liable to Customs and Excise Duty as well as Value Added Tax (VAT) payments.

taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu

If you live elsewhere, please see your Customs Office website.

If you are buying from me for the first time, please give me your full name, PayPal email, verified street address and phone number and I will send you an invoice. If you would like to use the bank or Wise (wise dot com), please give me this information, and I will send you an invoice and instructions for making the transfer.

Thanks for looking,
Kumar

that's a very fair price; too bad EU customs will add up to 19% on top.

 

[B.S.Kumar]

The first page of a Google search for "Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 lens in Europe" has the following prices:
€189.00
$154.00
£325.00
€100.00
£89.00
€225.00
£101.83
In most cases, shipping is additional.

Ralph, I think this approach does not take into account the following:

1. Prices in Europe, even from private sellers, are generally higher than in Japan, and to a certain extent the US. Anyone who is selling something naturally wants to recover as much of his cost as possible, which would include the VAT and import duties he paid earlier. It is safe to say that import duties were higher earlier than now.
2. Import or customs duties are not much - 4~5% on average.
3. Customs handling fees are usually a fixed amount per package, not ad valorem. In some countries (e.g. Canada), it is possible to avoid these fees by paying the customs duties on your own, before the package reaches the courier.
4. VAT is unavoidable on imports. But this is the same as purchasing from a shop within Europe.
5. Packages shipped from Japan (at least the way I ship) are always insured. I do not know if the cheaper shipping in the Eurozone always includes insurance.
6. International shipping costs from Japan and China are among the lowest in the world.
7. The very favorable exchange rates for the Japanese Yen vs the Euro and USD make overseas purchases far cheaper than at any time in the past.

So, it is important to consider the following:
a. Is the item available in the EU?
b. If the item is available within the EU what is the total cost of the purchase vs. purchasing from overseas?

Kumar