It would be great if a European distributor - import duties are absolutely crippling!
Unless the new self-courier service from minerwarez has some scope to "ease" the import tax value
Unless the new self-courier service from minerwarez has some scope to "ease" the import tax value
What are you talking about?
There are no import duties for EU, just Vat and the usual shippers handling fees. Any European distributor will have to still pay VAT on imports and will just pass it on and add it to the price.
The only way to mine without VAT is nog to Import Chinese miners Into the EU. Have them shipped to a hosting company in the US or China or Iceland or just anywhere without VAT on imports.
"Just" VAT is 20% - $180 per miner! + there is an import duty, albeit ~3-5% (can't remember which one).
I might actually have a look into hosting companies, although i don't know much about it so i'll have a read up
If you decide to go with a hosting company also think wisely about their location as well. My hosting company happens to be in the same city as Miner Warez so I got hit with a 6.5% WA State Tax + 1.7% Municipal Tax