Buying a frame overseas: Dumb idea or dumbest idea?
Next Spring I'll be heading to Venice, Italy and traveling south to fly out of Palermo, Sicily. Since it'll be my first time in Europe I thought about bring home a sexy Italian frame and fork to commemorate the trip.
Is this just a really idiotic idea given the bad exchange rate (USD - EURO), that mysterious VAT and shipping? I think I could check the frame in as luggage as I'm traveling really light but would I need to declare it in Customs?
Has anyone here done something like this? If a new frame and fork would be $Texas, what's the used market like?