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My in-laws know a music teacher from Australia who visits every year. His mantra is "Do you know how much this guitar would cost in Australia??"
It's insane.
If the distribution is difficult in Europe (I can't imagine why it would be) I could understand 10% but the actual up charges seem outrageous.
I've often wondered if would be possible to start a guitar courier business where one would hand select a guitar in the States, fly with it to Europe and claim it as personal property and then hand it to the true new owner (no taxes or duties). If a cheap airline ticket from New York was $550 and someone paid 1/3 of my ticket....I would bring them any guitar that they wanted.
Guitar mule? Crazy idea I suppose.
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JLG
Carry On
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