Who ships to Europe?

[lennartengel]

Does anybody know a music store that sends duncans or dimarzio's to Europe? I just ordered at music123, but i got a message that they are not allowed to send those products outside of the us...

Please help, I really need to be relieved of my stock pickup tone!

 

[Tony_H]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Does anybody know a music store that sends duncans or dimarzio's to Europe? I just ordered at music123, but i got a message that they are not allowed to send those products outside of the us...

Please help, I really need to be relieved of my stock pickup tone!

As far as I know, two forum members ship Seymour Duncan pickups to Europe: Black Rose and Lew's Guitars. Sorry if I omitted any others - these are two I know of, and there are so many forum members that I simply cannot know about all of them.

I have purchased stuff from BR in the past and the service has been great, and even with the customs and VAT and whatever my local authorities choose to charge me, the price was always better than from my local dealer.

As for DiMarzio, I don't know.

Tony

 

[Breogan]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

+1 for BlackRose.

 

[Alex]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

I just got duncan pup to Europe from Music123 without problems..
They don't ship Dimarzio to Europe tough..

Alex

 

[fenderiarhs]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Why don't you use two european sites that sell almost everything within europe and you won't have to worry about taxes....i've ordered some pickups in the past and everything was O.K

www.musik-produktiv.de/

or

www.netzmarkt.de/thomann/

 

[Pat]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Its not wrong for us euros to order from the USA at the moment ! The vallue of the Dollar has turned in the favor of our Euro ( 1 to 1.32 at the moment ) so even if your unlucky and customs gets it.. youll still be better of in most cases.

Few weeks back i orderd a custom floor JB and Jazz set of ebay for only 140$ and I'd pay over 210 $ ( 80 euros per pickup ) for a standard set here.

I can highly recommend Lew if you want Duncans/Fralins ! He shipped me a set to the netherlands and was a great guy to deal with.

 

[lennartengel]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

I simply want to buy in the us because its WAYYYY cheaper, even with taxes and whatever. But no one seems to sell dimarzio to europe. Has got something to do with dimarzio's policy bla bla bla..

So than i'll probably go with duncans... Thanks for the reply's all!

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

I've bought SD pickups from Black Rose Customs on several occasions and can highly recommend their service and prices. You get the best value by buying more than one as the basic shipping cost is good for up to about four. After paying tax and customs charges it still works out cheaper than any UK dealer price I've seen.

 

[andybowers]

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+1 for BlackRose.

+1 for Black Rose Custom, just had some stuff delivered!

Tell the UK shops to shove there rubbish lazy service and overpriced goods.

 

[Vincent]

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+1 for Black Rose Custom, just had some stuff delivered!

Tell the UK shops to shove there rubbish lazy service and overpriced goods.

Amen to that...

 

[Evan Skopp]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

We discourage USA shops from trans-shipping outside the USA. It’s disruptive to our international distribution system. We realize it’s done. And we know who does it. That doesn’t mean we condone it.

Here’s the big problem. We’re a customer service-oriented company. But when you buy a gray market import, you get compromised customer service after the sale. Not many Seymour Duncan pickups are defective. But once in awhile a bad one gets out the door. If you buy the pickup from your local music store and it’s dead, no problem. Just return it.

If you buy the pickup from an overseas retailer and it shows up dead, you’re outta luck my friend.

And don’t even think about the 21 Day exchange program.

So in the long run, we highly recommend that you support your local music store and not purchase gray-market imports.

 

[nuntius]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

I've bought SD pickups from Black Rose Customs on several occasions and can highly recommend their service and prices. You get the best value by buying more than one as the basic shipping cost is good for up to about four. After paying tax and customs charges it still works out cheaper than any UK dealer price I've seen.

+1

Evan, I understand what you mean, but my local shops sell duncans £70 for a JB.

70.00 GBP
United Kingdom Pounds = 134.831 USD
United States Dollars
1 GBP = 1.92616 USD 1 USD = 0.519169 GBP

Thats why I order from the US.

 

[Alex Semple]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

I'm Alex Semple, and I manage export sales here at Seymour Duncan/Basslines. I just wanted to take a moment to clarify our returns policy with regard to international customers. If you purchase a Seymour Duncan product from a USA retailer and have it shipped to a foreign country, the retailer in the US is then responsible for servicing the product in accordance with their sales policy. Most dealers should be willing to take back and replace a defective product, and some may even honor an exchange. However, many may not be willing to do either, which is entirely their right. Consumers must confirm this with the American retailer before ordering. If the American retailer is not willing to take back the product for any reason, please do not assume that Seymour Duncan will. Freight and duties make international returns to the US too costly. This is why we have international distributors. While not all of our distributors honor the 21 Day Exchange Policy, they are required to provide after-sales service for defective items that are under warranty and purchased in their respective markets. In short, before purchasing a Seymour Duncan product from an American retailer, please inquire about their policy on returns, both defect replacements and exchanges. After your purchase, please contact the retailer directly if you have issues of any kind with the product(s).

As for the pricing of our items in export markets, there is nothing I can do directly to influence that. Distributors should be aware that without a healthy stock of our pickups and competitive pricing, they are only tempting their customers to shop online or by physically crossing borders. This leads to transshipping issues and the woes suffered by consumers who jump at a lower price or faster delivery without first considering any possible negative transnational after-sales service issues.
Thank you.

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[Pat]

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I understand and respect the points being made by the SD folks about this matter.

But its like Nuntius says the difference in price is just to darn big not go look elsewhere. Like i said before the euro is very strong at the moment so i pay 53 Euro for a JB equaling 70 $ when i pull it of eBay. If id go to a local retailer id pay close to 90 euro and i could get one for 80 euro if id order it online in germany.
Now i would think my local dealers benifit from the strong euro as well but i dont see that back in their pricetags. Between 53 euro and 90 euro even though i understand the points being brought up I am ordering mine directly from the US now.

 

[lennartengel]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Buying in The Netherlands will have no advantages at all. We don't get a exchange policy anyway, and if the pickup is defect the suplier is obliged to take it back. So buying in the u.s. is just a win win situation. I will not lose any service but do get my pu's MUCH cheaper

 

[stevie_bees]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Rip off Britain continues to make any purchases of "foreign goods" extremely expensive. In some extreme circumstances, it is actually cheaper to fly to the States yourself and collect to cut down on shipping. Of course, you would have to declare it at customs and pay the relevant duty ;-) If the internet gives you the opportunity to purchase cheaper and you're willing to take the risk, I say go for it. It's less of a gamble then buying off Ebay.

 

[andybowers]

Re: Who ships to Europe?

Rip off Britain continues to make any purchases of "foreign goods" extremely expensive. In some extreme circumstances, it is actually cheaper to fly to the States yourself and collect to cut down on shipping. Of course, you would have to declare it at customs and pay the relevant duty ;-) If the internet gives you the opportunity to purchase cheaper and you're willing to take the risk, I say go for it. It's less of a gamble then buying off Ebay.

Damn right sir!

RANT:

The risk of broken pickups and not having 21 day deal return is present and correct as evan/alex mentioned. But can you tell me why shops (i can name them if needed) in london sell a Screamin Demon for £95-£105, daylight robbery. Double the price and more of a shop in the USA perhaps, even including Vat and taxes people would still save. I probably wouldnt even get them fitted/unfitted/returned anyway within 21 days.

Ebay users/shops in the usa would ship abroad so whats the deal with american stores. Is my money not good enough for the american market? Green is Green to me.

What is it that would annoy you about me ordering from the usa rather than here in the uk. If the uk dealers can't keep up with quality of service/shipping ala black rose, music 123 etc and prices tough luck.

I am quite willing to pay VAT and shipping and other taxing charges than pay through the nose over here and have some snotting nose stuck up store assistant telling my the best pickup for my would be one of the ones thats been sitting on there shelves for months. (actually happened!)

The european distributors/guitar shops are severly taking the p!?£ out of the customers. Maybe their pricing structures are out of your hands?, none of my business i'm only a customer.

Thing is, i can't understand if i wanted a custom shop pickup, which i may in the future, why would i be stupid enough to go to my local uk duncan dealer and get shafted big time, In any sense i would order direct from you.

Another way around exporting of pickups would be to open an online SEYMOUR DUNCAN store, logistically i dont know if it would make sense for you but at least you would have more control of the internet shopping market.

I have barked a bit in this message, but being a fan of seymour duncan pickups i have not meant to offend but only to make some points, i am entitled to voice my opinion and also entitled to take my business away from uk shops if i choose.

 

[stevie_bees]

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Succinctly put Andy. It so annoys me that you have to pay through the nose to get quality US built instruments, pickups, parts etc... I would love the opportunity to mix and match pickups, and experiment with my setup as you guys in the States are able to do. But at the prices here it's just not possible. I am looking at replacing the Lace Sensors in my Strat with SD pickups, and have asked for advice else where in this forum. Trouble is $200-250 in the US can easily translate to double that in £UK. GRRRR