I will probably order librem 5 soon.
Since i do not reside in the US, can i arrange to pick it up
somewhere in Europe so as to avoid the headache of being dependent
on shipping and custom constraints and schedule ?
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The campaign page mentions “European reseller” and “free worlwide shipping”.
I parse that as “within the Schengen area, no aditional cost/tax/custom fees should be expected”
For GB, it might depend on whether the phone is actually shipped in January or after Brexit…
Related: Librem 5 $599 reward - what-ifs, and import tax (UK)
(In contrast to above article, GB is shown as “cooperating” in the German Wikipedia article).
Can you specify who and where is this European reseller located ?
contact information would be appreciated
No details were published on the Europen reseller. I could only speculate that it might be https://www.floss-shop.de, the shop run by @nicole.faerber, Head of Mobile.
However, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I ordered my Librem 13 from the US, not floss-shop, and it went very smooth. I just had to pay the import taxes to the delivery man.
So, I guess the worst that could happen (if no European reseller) is that you have to pay ~100€ to to delivery man.
“I wouldn’t worry too much about it…”
https://www.militant.dk/2018/02/22/ordering-a-purism-librem-13v2-to-run-qubes-4-0rc4/
Sincerely
“A happy customer” 