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Took a bit of a shine to Factory Five's Pista today. Came pretty close to ordering one until I ran it through this rather handy tool: http://www.dutycalculator.com/
The landed price adds close to 200 quid onto the cost because of customs etc. (more than half the price of the frame itself!)
I'm assuming its just one of those 'suck it up asshole' type situations but I wanted to put the question out there to see if anyone had figured a clever way of getting Chinese imports into Europe without handing out all this extra coin.
Incidentally, I'm in Sweden. Its Europe tho so I'm guessing same rules apply etc.
Thanks!