Originally Posted by
Citoyen du Monde
Don't forget to add duty and shipping to the cost, plus bank costs for payment. Whereas it does frequently happen that you don't get dinged for duty, from a purely legal point of view you are liable for duty and should the shipper request payment you will need to pay for it.
I think it would still be significantly less than an american builder - many of them want $2200 or more before tax and shipping.