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Old 12-23-2004 | 11:53 AM
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From: Gent, BELGIUM
Default RE: Q: Where can I find an online dealer who ships to Europe ?

hmmmm, well, I just looked at the LT-40 and it doesn't seem to be different from any other trainers ... What's so special about it ?

Anyways, I went down to the 2 nearest hobby shops today and both of them didn't even knew Hobbico. so, I can't buy anything here. So, I asked for an other good trainer they sold. They showed me some trainers from Protech and Robbe ... But I didn't like anyone of them ...
Well, maby I wouldn't have minded buying one, but then I asked how much it would cost me to get a full setup and they said it would cost me arround € 600 (That's about $ 750 or something) just for an airplane. But I was planning on buying an airplane AND a boot from towerhobbies for about $ 850, now count $ 100 for shipping to Europe and that ads up to $ 950, this is about € 690 !!!
So, as I said before, Belgium is really expensive !!!
you're all talking about saving a few bucks by buying everything here in a shop, well that would just cost me MORE

now, I hope you understand why I want to order in America. there is just one more thing stopping me and that's sales tax. So, tomorrow I'll call the the local Fedex company and ask if they could make an estimate of how much sales tax I would have to pay to oder al the stuff in America.

*EDIT*: Plus, a good trainer (not as good as the nexstar though) costs arround € 100 (= $ 130) in Belgium. So, if I would crash the nexstar, which I won't and it's to expensive to repair, then I can still buy a kit here and put the electronics and engine in that one.