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Old 08-16-19, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Tourist in MSN
My advice is that if you do find something there that you can't buy here, make sure that the dealer or retailer can provide any paperwork you need to get the VAT tax refunded once you leave the EU. And since I have not done that myself, I have no clue what you would need to do or what to ask for.

I have bought a lot of stuff over the years from:
https://www.wiggle.com/
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en
https://www.planetx.co.uk/
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/
https://www.evanscycles.com/
https://www.probikekit.com/
Above is in the UK, the following are from Germany.
https://www.bike24.com/
https://www.starbike.com/en/

In all cases I ordered the stuff for shipment to USA, the mail carrier or DHL or other shipping company delivered it to my door. I did not have to pay VAT when the stuff I ordered was shipped to USA.

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These are some viable sources, but they will not sell all products to Italy. Yes, they will send to the USA, but with European contracts, not other EU nations.
Make sure you are putting in Italy as your country and prices, shipping, availability and taxes will be automatically adjusted.
Some sites will say "item not available for your country", others will just not show the product in their line up.
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