There is also a distributor in the UK but taking into consideration the delivery time vs. the Brexit, I am afraid it won't help
ecs GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:14 am
They sure sting you overseas.
I would use a service called [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
You register on there and they provide you with a unique shipping address to their warehouse in Oregon (no sales tax). When it arrives there from Corbin (it will come just south from their factory in California), Comgateway will send you an email with a shipping cost to France and they will on ship to you. Have used it for quite a few years without a problem to send packages to Australia from here.
The seat look to be EUR436 if you did it that way plus shipping to Oregon then onto France.
Richard GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:36 am
Thanks for the advise ecs. I'll look onto this
BobW981 Grignapoco
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:28 am
Richard wrote:
Thanks for the advise ecs. I'll look onto this
BUMP just awakening this thread. ecs did you order your seat via comgateway?
Corbin Europe (UK) quoting £756 inc VAT for their Gunfighter I spoke to their UK office, who state, the cost difference was purely due to increased (Covid) carriage costs from US. WTF!
Richard GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:44 am
At first sight it's very interesting but you have to add import tax and custom clearance which make the deal less advantageous.
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BobW981 Grignapoco
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Sun Jun 27, 2021 8:29 pm
Calling any Corbin owners in UK
I’d like to find a Corbin clad GRiSO in the North of England or North Wales, who could meet up to show off his seat & allow me to compare to see what I should order. It’s a lot of money to get it wrong, can’t exactly send it back to be tweaked
Bob
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:47 am
5-weeks ago I bit the bullet and ordered a Corbin direct from the USA via eBay for $561 + £101.40 post ($141). IT HAS ARRIVED
First of all a winge: The price crept up, about what I first thought. Import duty into UK was about 3.5% of the combined price of seat + post. VAT next @ 20% on the combined price, plus vat on the import duty WTF!! Double taxes . The final hidden kicker came from PayPal, who use their own exchange rate, and adds an extra 5% to the final price. Not huge, but it niggles.
Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:04 pm
I love my Corbin seat and the cost helped me with other purchases. Now I can say "well you bought a seat for $600 so this ____________ seems perfectly reasonable"[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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BobW981 Grignapoco
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:02 pm
guzziownr wrote:
I love my Corbin seat and the cost helped me with other purchases. Now I can say "well you bought a seat for $600 so this ____________ seems perfectly reasonable"
I don’t understand your cost - purchases comment.
Love your photo, where is that?
Bob
guzziownr Nibbio
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Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Fri Aug 06, 2021 4:50 pm
I was making a joke about justifying the cost of motorcycle add-ons. Picture was taken in Harriman State Park. 60 miles North of New York City. Here is my 2013 with a custom seat made locally next to my 2007 with the Shawanagunk ridge in the background. 20 miles further North of Harriman.
Subject: Re: Corbin Seat distributor in Europe Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:16 pm
£660?
Get fucked! Really? That's nearly $1300 Pissy Australian dollars! That makes the piddling $550 (shipped) I paid for mine seem like the bargain of the century!