but there isn’t that option. have you ever posted stuff to this part of europe? what would the postage (roughly) be? are your encoders better than voti’s?
or maybe someone else from this parts of europe can answer me if not smash? i’ve got the 2xmbsid boards built and it works now i’d like to finish it…
Honestly, I am working on it, and almost there. The reason Slovenia is not on the list is that PayPal would not allow me to accept a payment from there up until a few weeks ago. Not happy with the countries missing from PayPal that I could ship to, I started up an account with Moneybookers, who does bank transfers in a lot of the countries PayPal won’t touch.
As with all things that should be fairly simple, That caused the need for a new shopping cart setup (the current one does not speak moneybookers) and all of that associated work/ issues.
When I say I’m almost there, I mean it’s not done but it is working… 
Not all countries have all of the products etc. and there are a few more bugs to hammer out, but store1 is very close to done, and it serves Slovenia via Moneybookers.
http://www.avishowtech.com/store1
Please come be the first to test it, since it is there partially because you asked… ;D To be fair It’s open to anyone shipping to Slovenia. (other Slovenians have asked also, and I am adding a lot of new countries with this move).
I’ll ask that everyone else please hold off on ordering from this link as I’m still getting everything set up, but feel free to poke around a bit if you are curious…http://www.avishowtech.com/mbhp/select.html…I would appreciate any comments/feedback anyone might have, I’ll switch over to this new cart setup completely soon…Not dropping PayPal just trying to fill in the gaps they have.
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Smash
:o there are other slovenian people in the midibox business???
i’ll check the new store, thanks alot. i’m very much interested in how the taxes and all the stuff works between usa and slovenia so i can decide what to buy where. i’ve no idea how many percent more i’ll end up paying… any info on this? fellow slovenians?
:o there are other slovenian people in the midibox business???
Interested possible builders at least, not sure if they did or not since I had no way to sell to them… :-\
i’ll check the new store, thanks alot. i’m very much interested in how the taxes and all the stuff works between usa and slovenia so i can decide what to buy where…i’ve no idea how many percent more i’ll end up paying… any info on this? fellow slovenians?
Should be the same as with most other countries, Customs officials on your end look at the form I put on the outside of the box to decide how much VAT tax or import tax (not sure which you have there if any). There should be some kind of website for Slovenian customs that can tell you VAT rates for your country.
The expensive part will be shipping & handling, looks like it will average around $20USD for shipping($13USD), parcel insurance($2.80USD), and the moneybookers fees ($3.00USD) for an average sized order.
Best!
Smash
uhh that’s quite a shipping cost… 18$ for 15 encoders… i’m not sure about that… and how does that moneybrookers work anyway?
uhh that’s quite a shipping cost… 18$ for 15 encoders… i’m not sure about that… and how does that moneybrookers work anyway?
Keep in mind that’s $18 for 15 encoders, or $18 for 15 encoders and 6 kits, Or $19.50 for 15 encoders and 13 kits. That $18 covers the first pound of package weight, one additional pound is $1.50 more, etc.
I don’t mark up the shipping, That is what it costs me. :-\
For people buying one or two parts, not a good deal at all.
For people placing an average order, not so bad.
Of course there are cheaper (ground service) shipping methods, but I can’t insure those, and they can take up to two months to get from me to thier destination. Air Parcel service will have it in your country within a couple of days, and then it’s up to your local postal service how quickly you get it. The “last mile time” ranges from one day to 10 days depending on the country you are in and your proximity to a major city, but is 5 days on average.
Moneybookers: Sign up, they give you bank info that you need to do an electronic funds transfer from your bank, then they cut me a check in US funds on demand for around $4.30 my cost regardless of the amount of the check. (meaning it does not cost me $4.30 for each payment, just $4.30 to pull any amount from my moneybookers account) Part of this service is the change of local currency to $USD at a fair conversion rate, etc. They also charge me a small per-transaction fee and percentage, roughly comparable to the PayPal’s costs.
Moneybookers is far and away cheaper than doing bank transfers with only the banks involved (for anyone outside the Euro zone).
The normal fee for receiving a Euro bank to US bank transfer is $25-$30 depending on originating country, the conversion rate is much worse, and it’s a pure headache. I wish our bank to bank transfer system was more like the Euro setup.
If you know of anything as reliable but cheaper for any part of this process let me know!
Best…
Smash
yeah i understand. apparently it’s really not that feasible for ordering just those 15 encoders. i’ll have to decide - maybe i’ll place an order together for the mbseq and mbfm. but atm i’m REALLY low on funds and i’ll have to wait another month or so.
i’ve never ordered anything from us so far so i really don’t have any alternatives in mind. the bank transfer’s okay with me but the shipping… maybe you can help me connect with other slovenian people interested and we can place a bigger order together…?
maybe you can help me connect with other slovenian people interested and we can place a bigger order together…?
I’ll do my best, but keep in mind that these were emails from two different people who never became customers, so I might not even have thier email addresses anymore. I get over a hundred non-spam emails a day so trying to put an approximate timeframe on either of these hurts my head, but I’m thinking one was this year and the other was about this time last year.
I’ll do a mail archive search for “slov” tonight and see what I can find…
Best!
Smash