If yall can provide any good direction towards the purchasing process (i.e. money orders? international buying/shipping processes/taxes) i would love to hear from you. Can't wait to be a member of this little club-and play the snot out of this puppy! Cheers!
If it goes the same as last time they'll send you an invoice via email and want an international wire transfer from your bank. If you've never done one before (which many of us in the U.S. haven't really ever had the need to do), it's really not that big a deal. The teller at my bank had never done one so it took about 30 minutes to get through it all. With shipping and exchange rate (send the amount in whatever currency they ask for on the invoice), it was about $400 per bass last time around (no idea if it'll be the same this time). All the information you'll need for the wire transfer is included in the invoice, so print that out and take it to your bank.
A couple of things:
Once you get the invoice, pay ASAP. I left it for a week and they actually canceled my order. They just sent a new invoice once I convinced them I really did want the basses (I bought two), but they expect payment pretty quickly once they've sent that invoice.
My shipment took about nine days from payment sent to arrival at my door. Some guys got them even quicker than that.
I didn't pay any import taxes or fees. Actually, I never have and have bought quite few basses from overseas in the last nine years.
And remember when you come back to report on your new bird: No pics? No bass!
