Kirk Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Just trying to get some current info. on the price of the new Swoards (USD). Did a search here and found one reference that mentioned $950 - Is this about right for the exchange from the 650 Euros quoted on the website? Thanks in advance! Kirk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 It all depends on the euro vs USD rate Price is 650 euros leaving the factory( add the shipping costs of course that also vary depending this time on kerosen costs!) We are working on a solution for the future that would lower shipping costs for US customers..but its not ready yet sorry. We are by the way appreciating the feedback the new production has, with quite an impressive ( at our scale ) north america orders.. and surprisingly also a neat asian response! The Virus effect for sure! Thnx! Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thanks. Found a handy currency converter - looks to be (at least at the time) about $766.00 USD. Shipping is of course another consideration. Nils, glad to hear that you're having some good response to the product - keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrokel Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Kirk, The price you have is about what the price came out to before they raised the shopping costs (the shipping was 90 € + the 650 € for the board). It looks like the shipping is now about 115 €. The following is a post from Nils on the EC site... Guys and ladies,I have had a long talk with Frank He got a new price sheet from DPD (which is way cheaper than others from germany..) and they are raising the shipping prices to the following destinations ( basically all that is non europe, and all that needs to fly) All following prices are accurate as of today, but you will get the real quote when you order! All those that already received their pre invoices and paid the boards, price will not change for you! ( lucky you are!) New prices USA: 1 board - 115 € / 2 boards - 140 € / 3 boards - 150 € etc...(+10 € for extra board in the box) CANADA: 125 € / 155 € / 165 € etc... Japan / Korea: 181 € / 190€ / 200 € /etc.. it means: the more you group the orders the cheaper the shipping is! the shipping company now make us pay for the gas rates of the kerosen! Nils PS: also to be noticed: when you wire the payment, please make SURE that all wiring fees are on YOUR side not on ours! grrrr Smile By the way, the board looks very thought out, seems well designed/crafted and definitely lives up to Virus standards. Look at the EC site for more info and use Babelfish or Google translation to check out the French and German areas of the site. PS...If I knew about the reduced shipping in batches I would have tried to contact other North American purchasers or get some from Nils and try to ship the boards to some central location (like someone near a mountain that the purchasers go to)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thanks for the info. astrokel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrokel Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Oh and one more thing that was included in the $950... the paypal fee. You have to figure in either the bank transfer or the Paypal fee (around 4%?) into the equation as well... The dollar is also stronger now than when the 950 was figured so it'll move around alot depending on this as well (it's around $910 now!)... so even with the rise in shipping costs the price is still about the same (less?) as it was before the shipping cost change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 yes we found out that for most people in north america, wire transfer to switzerland can cost as much as 100 USD... for this reason we created two years ago the paypal option which is only 4% aka around 30 euros Astrokel: this is exactly the solution we are aiming to do.. Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 If you can sort out accepting Visa directly, you could cut down that fee to 2% or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 if only we could... Swiss bank ask for a huge amount of sales to install the visa payment..I think its around 50 000 USD minimum.. N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Nils: I had the same problem here in Canada when setting up merchant account for a customer. They wanted exhorbitant fees, on-site audit inspections, and it took months to set up. For my next e-commerce project, I said screw the conservative Canadian banks and I set up a merchant account with an American institution. The improvement in service was astonishing. There's no reason you couldn't do the same. On a periodic basis, they simply send you a cheque or e-transfer to your home account. Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 What about money orders? cashier checks? checks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 you're not thinking of sending cash by regular mail are you? :) As for checks and cashier checks etc they are not authorized in euro /swiss banks unless they are in euros etc... The bank cost will be huge anyway since there will be change fees... its a complicated worldwide economy! When we will all be paying in yuans it will be much simplier! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 you're not thinking of sending cash by regular mail are you? :)As for checks and cashier checks etc they are not authorized in euro /swiss banks unless they are in euros etc... The bank cost will be huge anyway since there will be change fees... its a complicated worldwide economy! When we will all be paying in yuans it will be much simplier! ;) lol. Its almost cheaper to get a round trip off season to pick up a board:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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