I just made some calculations and you can ship anything up to 150lbs (thats 68kg, the shipping costs are about $680 via UPS) to Finland and since the USD is so weak currently (100 EUR = 146 USD), you can almost get anything for 30% discount.
For example you can buy a brand new Mesa Boogie dual rectifier for $1800 from sweetwater, then add the $680 shipping and the price totals to $2480, which costs a grand less than the same head brand new from Thomann (2499€, equals ~$3650).
But then I thought that what the hell do you need to do to it to make it work in here, because US uses 100-127V @ 60Hz when EU uses 200-240V @ 50Hz? So I figured out that it's maybe worth buying non-wallpowered stuff stuff like mics, pedals and guitars. Cabinets start to get too heavy, so they are out of the calculations and it becomes worthwhile only with EXPENSIVE stuff, because it's just stupid to buy a $200 guitar and pay more for the shipping than it would cost to buy it here brand new.
For example you can buy a brand new Mesa Boogie dual rectifier for $1800 from sweetwater, then add the $680 shipping and the price totals to $2480, which costs a grand less than the same head brand new from Thomann (2499€, equals ~$3650).
But then I thought that what the hell do you need to do to it to make it work in here, because US uses 100-127V @ 60Hz when EU uses 200-240V @ 50Hz? So I figured out that it's maybe worth buying non-wallpowered stuff stuff like mics, pedals and guitars. Cabinets start to get too heavy, so they are out of the calculations and it becomes worthwhile only with EXPENSIVE stuff, because it's just stupid to buy a $200 guitar and pay more for the shipping than it would cost to buy it here brand new.
