Microtech prices in Europe.

[Sergiusz Mitin]

Martin,
Your calculation would be correct if you would specify what price you are considering as basic for this calculation. Hope you aren't buying knives in retail

In my knowledge price for foreign wholesalers is something about 50% of Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP).
OK, now let's calculate together:
Knife with MSRP 200$ really costs you only 100$ in USA;
Now add 15% transport and insurance - price will be 115$;
Now add 11% duty - price will be 128$ (I'm rounding up cents);
Now add VAT 20% - price will be 154$ and this is your real cost!
You can earn 46$ (23% of MSRP and 30% of your costs) remaining within MSRP. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Now let's search your offer at http://www.knifeshop.com You said you have problems with Microtech knives availability - it's pity. But where are Benchmade, Spyderco, Columbia River Knife & Tool, SOG, Katz, etc., etc. knives? Oh, sorry, I have found CRKT Sealtac II knife in your site, it's only two years out of production, really new knife, don't you think?

But where are CRKT new knives? Please compare your offer with some American Internet knife stores...
Maybe you are going to sell knives... without knives?

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Sergiusz Mitin
gunwriter
Lodz, Poland

 

[il Coltello]

James, you are so right on this point

I have learned the hard way

Anything that goes with UPS or Small Packet Airmail, will be thoroughly scrutinized by the customs. Priority mail always works fine for me

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Tea drinker and hellraiser from Northern Sweden, above the arctic circle.

 

[Martin]

To James:

The doesn't matter. The knives are allowed in Austria. We import since approx. 3 years automatic knives from the USA.

Sergiusz: We bought it always from a wholesaler, but this closed some month ago, we buy now from one of the biggest whosaler from the US but he isn't allowed to export the automatic knives....

We have near the full Benchmade automatic knife line in our offer, we had the full Microtech line in our online offer and some Paragon, we took out the Microtech knives from our online store as we didn't received knives. You are correct, we can't sale knives without knives.....

Best regards,

Martin
www.knifeshop.com