03-05-2015, 12:17 PM
Looks like my LHS (about 300 miles north) is willing to help with an arrangement like that. But they would need many customers doing that way without the formal support of Walthers to process small orders within reasonable short time. The old method permitted to order very small details for e.g. $3 and be sure they will go with the next much larger batch to my LHS. We will see...
The reason behind that is a legal issue opened by some "smart" customers. I ordered online from Walthers and saw their price in US$. I got the bill from the LHS in € that included the Walthers sales price for my LHS, the exchange rate, the shipping cost, the import tax (19%), the handling cost of the LHS and the LHS profit. None of those additional costs have been described or agreed on. That is a very weak legal position for the LHS and possibly for Walthers too. Walters did therefor discontinue that fine service worldwide. There are always legal nitpickers endangering gentleman agreements!
The reason behind that is a legal issue opened by some "smart" customers. I ordered online from Walthers and saw their price in US$. I got the bill from the LHS in € that included the Walthers sales price for my LHS, the exchange rate, the shipping cost, the import tax (19%), the handling cost of the LHS and the LHS profit. None of those additional costs have been described or agreed on. That is a very weak legal position for the LHS and possibly for Walthers too. Walters did therefor discontinue that fine service worldwide. There are always legal nitpickers endangering gentleman agreements!
Reinhard