If customs is to be paid, the post office in Austria takes care of the processing and a fee must be paid in addition to customs. So far, so good, if it weren't for the Spyderco declaration.
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In the present case, it was stated that the package contents (yes it was a package) of 1 x catalog and 2 x stickers, each worth USD 5.00. Makes USD 15.00 in total.
I was billed EUR 7.65 for this, EUR 2.65 to customs and EUR 5.00 as a low import tariff.
It's annoying, because Spyderco sends out catalogs free of charge and this has been the practice for years, if not decades. Maybe it was just an oversight by the Shipping Manager in the SFO, but as mentioned at the beginning, it has happened to me for the second time that I had to pay for it ... in US-currency USD 8.72!
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In fact, the current catalog 2022 and the Reveal 8 from 2021 were in the package, but of course the specified stickers were not included.
BTW - a BIG THANK YOU to Spyderco for the catalogs, the quality becomes better from year to year and it is always my pleasure to study it
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I have one more question for Spyderco: would it be possible to ship catalogs and disclosures within EU countries, as has been done in the past, IIRC Belgium, Hungary as shipping countries...?