Selling a Hamer Standard back to the USA

[hanspanzer]

Thinking about selling my Hamer Standard.

1: What`s a reasonable price? 

2: What do I need to think about if it`s shipped back to the USA? 

 

About the guitar:

1995. #62/150

It`s in good shape, used and played but not abused. 

All the hardware is changed. The gold in the bridge tarnished and as I`m more into nickel, I changed it all. I do have all the original gold hardware. 

Pickups are changed. Don`t like the 59/JB combo. The ones in it now is a pair of PAF-types from a spanish winder called Jess Loureiro. Sounds great. Don`t have the originals anymore. 

The case is original. 

[kizanski]

100 made, not 150.

[gorch]

You are talking about the one on the left hand side, and not the Shish on the right and side, right?

ETA: For shipping, make sure the guitar has no chance to move inside the case. I had made experiences just recently. Although, obviously packed great with lots of stuff around inside and outside the guitar case, inside the case the guitar had a chance to move and it did while the box was knocked around on travel.

Other than that pack it tight as for any shipping. With Standards check box size limits for standard shippings leading into USPS in the US. Standards are longer in size and easily reach box length limits. If it's not matching, shipping cost propel to several hundred Euros.

[Tortious]

Won't you get more selling it in Yurrup?

[hanspanzer]

13 minutes ago, Tortious said:

Won't you get more selling it in Yurrup?

As Norway ain`t a part of the EU, the buyer has to pay taxes. 

To my understanding, there`s no taxes returning an american instrument back to the US of A. 

[kizanski]

5 minutes ago, hanspanzer said:

To my understanding, there`s no taxes returning an american instrument back to the US of A. 

This is correct.

[Armitage]

I thought you still paid local sales taxes... just not any import taxes. You'd still pay brokerages fees too.

[JohnnyB]

6 hours ago, Armitage said:

I thought you still paid local sales taxes... just not any import taxes. You'd still pay brokerages fees too.

In the US sales tax rules vary by state. Some states don't even have sales tax (e.g., Oregon).

[Hbom]

No local taxation in Alaska either

But I sold my Standard last month.

GLWTS

[hanspanzer]

Edit: New pics

So.. any idea what a fair asking price would be? 

[kizanski]

On 10/29/2016 at 1:57 PM, hanspanzer said:

 

L-o-v-e....

[gorch]

Lovely! Asking tree-fiddy.

[Armitage]

On 10/31/2016 at 1:16 PM, gtrdaddy said:

If this is a private transaction,  no state sales tax anywhere in U.S.A. because you have to be authorized by your respective state to collect taxes on their behalf...

 

Um no. The State collects the tax from Customs... if the State has a sales tax. I gets tons of whinny emails from people who buy things, even things made in the U.S., from Canada who didn't expect to pay their local taxes... and they want ME to pay for them. 

[Armitage]

Coming my way, if I buy something from the States, depending on the amount I get hit with my local sales tax... and depending on the shipping company, I get hit with a brokerage fee...

[mrjamiam]

4 hours ago, gtrdaddy said:

I'd never heard of sales taxes due on private transactions; only sales taxes on retail sales and retail imports. Strange.

I've heard of previously-owned USA-made guitars arriving directly from Japan and Canada to a residential address in a united state without any intermediate stops or requests for additional payments.  It would not appear to be a sure bet that government agencies or brokers always intervene.

[Armitage]

I'm in Ontario Canada. And I much prefer USPS, because it comes up and seldom has any taxes/etc. Some companies, like Amazon, prepay everything (well, they precharge).

[Armitage]

I have sold tons of things to guys in the States who have complained to me they had to pay taxes.

[Armitage]

Private sales dude. 

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, Armitage said:

Private sales dude. 

I've also heard of people complaining that they had to pay some sort of "extra fee" for  customs to release the item... 

Something about a $800 limit and to ship vIa Canadian/USPS & NOT to use UPS or FedEx as there are brokerage fees?

[Armitage]

There are sales taxes put on in some states for private incoming international sales. Many shipping companies charge a brokerage fee for filling out those papers too (uses doesn't seen to do it as often as UPS).

[Armitage]

Fact, not suspect. I got really screwed when I bought a guitar from a fellow here and the seller upped the value on the customs form (hint that's why they want a value on the customs form), and I got hit with taxes on his much higher value. He thought he was doing me a favor in case the guitar got lost of damaged the insurance would be higher...

[serial]

There are no added sales taxes on private sales from any state in the US.  I've had to pay brokerage fees from Canada even on US made items, but no sales taxes.  Please let us know what state added taxes.

[cmatthes]

No sales taxes on private international sales in any US state I've lived/worked (that's 6 states).  I've never paid sales taxes once out of well over 100 international transactions.

[Studio Custom]

Given the new CITES laws regarding rosewood, taxes and import duties may be the least of your problems.

I've found that they only time any tax or tariff was imposed on a USA guitar I was importing was always the result of the shipper improperly filling out the bill of lading, not specifing the return of a US product. 

Of course UPS always tries to charge a brokerage fee, but I've never paid one and they continue to deliver without issue. 

[hanspanzer]

Too much hassle with CITES and stuff. I`m keeping it. Thanks for the replys,  both on PM and here.