Posts by guttapercha

That's, high, but if it's brought back during travel (My folks are visiting him next week, so I'm going to ask NICELY for them to schlep this thing back)

From EU to US, it looks like the duty would be $54. FIrst $800 in value is duty-free, next $1000 value is taxed at 3%, and then any value above $1800 is taxed between 3%-10%, depending on what type of item on the Harmonized Tarriff Schedule. For musical instruments, it is 6%. If the Tarriff is based on an MSRP of $2200 (rounding up), that's how I got $54. My stepbrother tells me that the VAT is already included in the EU price.
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/454/kw/duty rate travellers

Yes, I was working off of the $2143 price and the 1590E, which as of today is $1781.83. I agree that it will take the retailers a bit to catch up because of current stock.
My step brother lives in Paris - perhaps he can pick one up with US voltage??

Hi All,
I'm very interested in this product, but we're in an interesting spot with currencies right now. Given the current exchange rate, the KPA actually is less expensive to purchase in euro (by about $300) if dollars are converted.
I hope that the U.S. dealers will start discounting, because they're obviously catching a massive break on the wholesale end with this exchange rate. The Euro won't be moving up anytime soon either in $US.

I look forward to getting a unit, but the current U.S. pricing makes no sense.

Cheers,

JD