Quote from: runeks on May 27, 2013, 05:22:15 PM

Quote from: 2weiX on May 27, 2013, 04:57:43 PM

Put in a nutshell: European prices INCLUDING VAT basically the same as US prices EXCLUDING VAT.
So if I order from the US, I pay X% on top of the price I would usually pay in Germany, which would already have VAT included.

I don't believe this.

Please show me a European store whose price for silver coins including VAT is the same as the price for the same silver coin at providentmetals.com or goldmart.com.

For example, Provident Metals currently sells 1 oz Austrian Philharmoniker silver coins for $2.99 over spot. Please show me a store in the EU selling these for 19.87 including VAT.

The cheapest I can find it for in the EU is 20.74, or around 6.2% more expensive than from goldmart.com.

mind the "basically".

find a store that ships to the EU, accepts and is prepared to handle its part of customs, then even these really cheep examples still net a higher cost than EU coins.

both stores you list do NOT ship into the EU.

APMEX for one charges 21.08 for a silver philly.
they have them IN STOCK and ship WORLDWIDE.