Buying a C300 in Germany

[Charles van Florop]

I would like to buy a C300 in Germany. What are the good shops ? Are there any good shop in Oberhausen, Koln, Dusseldorf, Aachen of Koblenz ?

[alpi69]

I bought at Marcotec, but bpm-media and teltec are also legit system-houses.

[anatusa]

if u r VAT registered, dont buy in your own country .... buy it anywhere with in EU.... this way u can buy without VAT....

[alpi69]

well, if you are VAT registered, then you can deduct the Vat from your tax-report also. so basically buying it as a company will always be essentially VAT-free. You "only" need to pre-finance the VAT for 3-6 weeks. That´s all. But that means Euro 2.000-3.000 per camera cash-flow. That could be an issue.....

[Jim Martin]

If you need to get the camera outside of Deutschland, Try my friends at SchweizervideoAG in Zurich.
http://www.schweizervideo.ch/web/
Claudio or Jose can help you.

Jim Martin
Filmtools.com

[anatusa]

well, if you are VAT registered, then you can deduct the Vat from your tax-report also. so basically buying it as a company will always be essentially VAT-free. You "only" need to pre-finance the VAT for 3-6 weeks. That´s all. But that means Euro 2.000-3.000 per camera cash-flow. That could be an issue.....

well u are lucky if it takes just 3-6 weeks to get it back! Here VAT is 22% and i can claim to get it back only every 3rd month..... means if lets say i bought it in JAN i can Claim for VAT return only at the End of March, and after that they will consider if they really should return it and it takes up to 3 month...... from my experience consideration never took less then 3 month, so it may takes up to 6 months to get my VAT back! now, i have to PAY income tax every 3rd month ..... and they dont f.... care if i dont have money because they did not return my vat back yet..... 1 week late on income tax payment and my bank account arrested, business frozen! so i better will not give my government a chance to use my money for 6 months and just will buy everything outside of my country..... plus usually as i live in small country local prices are a little higher then in the rest of the EU, so it covers the shipping!

so for a small payment like printer, i would not bother , but for big ones like C300..... i would for sure save on vat..... and its a big saving as u can buy accessories or lens right away together with the cam with out spending extra!

<> ups have to make some corrections, i did not know about the changes since i had not needs for tax return this year yet, so i just found out that our rules got changed in 2012 and now i can claim for the tax return only Twice a year, so now to get my vat back it can takes for up to 9 months! Nice !!!