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Anonymous
Does anyone from the EU here have experience buying lenses and stuff from B&H? How long does the shipping take and should I expect to pay any import duties?

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>> Anonymous
Shipping is immediate if you pay for it, they have overnight shipping and I think they can guruantee you get it under 3 buisness days.
You WILL pay 3 things extra: a little fine ('handling fee in customs) + customs + taxes (VAT). usually it is still cheaper than buying it in your own country anyway.
They may insist that you validate your VISA card through your netbanking.
They will ship it probably with UPS which will always notify the customs because they have to pay a serious fine if they don't (many thousands) and your local customs have a couple of guys openning random packages just in order to catch them when they miss one.