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Impressive showroom Laz, what are the opening hours?

I'm gonna do her one day then give her a rep watch as a gift.

You're not..

That will definitely do, sd4k. No EMS, FedEX, etc... especially to Germany.

Don't use these ones, they cooperate with customs.

no insurance... First Class Airmail will do with registration. Put value as 25USD.

Yep thats the way it should be done.

Your watches are looking great, especially the one with the AR.

Maybe this helps: http://www.watchband-shop.com/index.php

I think Onze is kidding (but I wouldn't swear on it).

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No I am not kidding. Not this time. Read this, it is in English from the site from Customs from The Netherlands:

http://www.douane.nl/particulier/reizigers...html#P224_20785

Are you sure it wasn't a flight that originated outside the EU? I have never flown to Netherlands but from Spain I have flown to Italy, France, Germany, the UK, and Latvia and only had to pass customs in UK and Latvia (both not Schengen). In theory Schengen is supposed to eliminate all border controls. So if you enter the Netherlands from Germany or Belgium by car they stop your car? That is really weird -

Ahhh.... was searching and found this - regular customs checks were eliminated but member states may still regulate imports from other member countries and therefore customs searches are permitted under Schengen:

Schengen area 25 March 2001

As from 25 March 2001, the Schengen area will be made up of thirteen Member States and Norway and Iceland, which are not members.Under the Schengen Convention, internal borders of the Schengen countries may be crossed at any point without any checks on persons being carried out. Those persons crossing external borders of the Schengen area will be subject to entry and departure checks as before. In Finland, entry and departure checks are carried out by the Frontier Guard.Applying the Schengen acquis will not change import and export rights. Regular customs checks were abolished at the internal borders of the EU countries when Finland became a member of the EU in 1995.

UK is not Schengen Onze.

Oke, right. Ever travelled by plane from Spain to The Netherlands and seen all the customs waiting for you and random checking people.

Are you sure? There is no customs when TRAVELING between Schengen countries.

Ever travelled into UK ? The packages are sometimes checked, at least on xtc. cocaine etc.

You can see me in the back of the limo?

I was supposed to be at a conference . . .

Recognized the shoe, will not tell any one

Nice girlfriends you have Doc.

There is much less risk sending contraband within EU borders (at least Schengen Accord countries) because packages do not pass through customs when going, for example, from Germany to Spain. I am not sure what happens if one of the countries is not a signatory to Schengen.

They still pass customs and are random checked, even in Schengen countries.

You're welcome

This will help: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...mp;#entry444371

So hi Looseends, enjoy your stay, and a welcome from The Netherlands

Finally, the eagle has landed. Welcome from The Netherlands

The U.S. government says a LOT of things... But in any event they are speaking of incoming shipments - Customs and Border Control does not inspect outgoing shipments. Only the TSA does that and only then for security purposes on commercial carriers.

Other than possibly losing the watch, there is no risk to any U.S. citizen sending a watch to fellow board member living in Europe. Period.

Well spoken JohnG.

'CBP maintains an aggressive program to intercept shipments containing commodities which violate any laws of the United States,

Maybe this will help: http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/WatchSchool/WS...ace%20hands.htm

In my opinion it is not binding to contribute, everybody should say for himself to do it or not. And if not contributed, so what.

I haven't contributed yet in part because there is a minimum that, though I don't recall what it is, was more than I wanted to give. If I end up buying or selling a watch through this forum I will donate or if the minimum is removed I will for sure donate sooner. I didn't really care about the "benefits" though to be honest I don't remember what they were.

I think RWI has a good carrot-carrot approach. There is no minimum and you must contribute to access the unlimited sales forum. My curiosity got the best of me and I contributed $10. That I felt comfortable spending.

At some point I will probably contribute here if I remain active in the hobby (though it seems every time I offer my opinion on the QC issue I am told this is the wrong hobby for me - maybe they are right). I use this forum quite a bit and the technical information is second to none.

Spend the money on your house first.

Welcome from The Netherlands r8247, enjoy the reps you will have. I don't have any experience on iOffer, just search on this forum and you will find someone who has.

Would like to have a few of those..

I've had contact with Joshua and he asked me to let you know he and his relatives are oke. They were not affected by the quake.