Most dealers in the USA will ship goods to Europe (a few are unfortunately
not prepared to do so, they are included in this list but marked). The
good news is that North American prices can often look shockingly attractive to
European buyers.
Don't Forget Shipping
The first bad news is that for some items (notably paper) the carriage charges can end
up being a significant fraction of the total cost. The US Postal Service
have a calculator
for shipping costs which may give you some idea of what to expect.
The Joy of Tax
A North American dealer won't ask you to pay any local sales taxes he would
ordinarily have to collect when selling to a local buyer. When the postman
arrives with your parcel, though, you may find that your local government has
other ideas: he may well ask you to pay a combination of the following charges
before delivering your package:
- Import duties will depend on the goods shipped: some goods such as
computer software attract no import duty at all.
- Value Added Tax (VAT) varies depending on goods and your local
government's VAT policy. For example, in the UK, books attract no VAT
but pretty much everything else including any shipping charges is
taxed at 17.5%
- Clearance charges are due to the company (such as ParcelForce in the UK)
who cleared the package through your local customs service and thus arranged
for the first two charges.
Example
As an example, I recently purchased $200 worth of computer software from
North America for which the insured shipping charge to the UK was about
$20. The charges were:
- No import duty on computer software.
- VAT at 17.5% on $220: $38.50 (£25.51)
- Clearance charges: £5.25
So, on this order, shipping, VAT and clearance came to about $65, or say 33%
on top of the "headline" price.
If you have an example of your own for some more representative shipment,
please let me know and I'll incorporate it here.
Dealer Listing
- Charrette Corporation [site]
- Sentinel Imaging ink and media
- Digital Art Supplies [site]
- Hahnemühle
papers
- ICI Olmec papers
- Tetenal [site] papers
- [Karen Ernest: "FYI, Digital Art Supplies ships
to the UK regularly."]
- GetInk.com [site]: see
Worldwide Imaging Supplies
- Hawk Mountain Art Papers [site]:
Hawk Mountain papers
- InkJetArt.com [site]
- Hahnemühle
papers
- Hawk Mountain Osprey and Red
Tail papers
- Lumijet inks and papers
- Lyson Lysonic inks and papers
- MIS Quadtone ink by MIS
Associates
- Xtreme gamut ink and paper
- Epson ink and papers
- Other papers: Mitsubishi Diamond
Jet, Somerset and Somerset Enhanced, Concord Rag, Arches, Waterford,
Liege, Val-Hues, Capri Digital Art Canvas
- E-mail them to get international shipping costs estimates.
- inkjetmall.com [site]
- Conetech Piezography BW monochrome printing system for the Epson 3000
and Epson 1160.
- Lumijet inks and papers
- Lyson inks and papers
- Arches, Somerset and UltraStable papers
- ConeTech digital inkjet papers
- Horses Matchlock colour management software
- Prove It! monitor calibration software and hardware
- InkjetRefills.com [site]
- Unbranded refill kits and bulk ink for all printer makes.
- Qualijet OEM compatible cartridges for Epson, Canon, Hewlett-Packard
and Apple printers.
- King Ink [site]
- Refill kits, OEM compatible cartridges and bulk ink.
- Also provide a refill service and sell tubes of hand cleaner...
- Legion Paper [site]
- Largest importer of fine art paper to the US.
- Total of around 3000 different papers on offer, including Concorde
Rag, Somerset Photo Enhanced, Somerset Velvet, Rough and Satin.
- Primarily a distributor rather than a retailer, but some items such as
sample books are available from them directly.
- MediaStreet.Com [site]
- OEM compatible ink for Epson printers, in cartridges and bulk form
- MediaStreet.Com Generations
archival pigmented colour inks for Epson printers, in cartridges and
bulk form
-
Empty cartridges for refilling
- Hawk Mountain Osprey paper
- Other papers: Royal Plush, Royal Weave, Royal Riviera, artist grade
canvas, Malibu Heavy-Weight Photo Glossy, Glacier Photo-Matte,
Dual-Sided Matte, Concord Rag, watercolour papers
- web site includes international sales and support contact information
- MIS Associates Inc [site]
-
Cobra Continuous Flow System
-
Empty cartridges for refilling
-
Refilling kits
- MIS Quadtone inks for Epson printers, in cartridge, refill kit and
bulk form
- MIS Archival hybrid dye/pigment colour inks for Epson printers, in cartridge, refill kit
and bulk form
- OEM compatible dye-based colour inks in cartridge, refill kit and bulk
form
- papers
- European shipping via UPS
- Mr. Ink Jet [site]
- Refilling kits and bulk ink for most printer makes.
- Refill services
- OEM compatible cartridges
- PhotoInkJet [site]
- Xtreme gamut ink and paper
- Lysonic ink by Lyson
- Fotonic ink by Lyson
- MIS Archival ink by MIS
Associates
- MIS Quadtone ink by MIS
Associates
- Other papers: Arches Cold Press, Capri Art Canvas, Concord Rag,
Somerset and Somerset Enhanced, Waterford, Frankfurt Art.
- Shipment costs for international orders are costed individually, see this
page.
- Red River Papers [site]
- 25 different own-brand paper types
- *** ship to USA & Canada only ***
- The Visual Artist [site]
- WeInk.com [site]: see
Worldwide Imaging Supplies
- Worldwide Imaging Supplies [GetInk.com
site] [WeInk.com site]
- Compatible cartridges and Ultra-Fill refill kits for Epson, Canon, HP,
Lexmark and other inkjet printers
- Camel
Ultra-FLO 4™ continuous inking system for Epson and Canon printers.
- Mirage inkjet paper & other media
- Ultra-Purge Printhead Cleaner
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