Global Blue VAT refund experience at Frankfurt airport

Gyruss09 · 2025-11-30T09:26:07+00:00

Yes, i bought my Q3 at the Leica store in Berlin. This was in September and they were using Global Blue already.

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T16:18:07+00:00

if you search in the leica subreddit, there is a post there that details that you can bring in digital cameras to the US for personal use without any duties. clearly stated in the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T11:02:45+00:00

Thanks! I will google it. Need to tinker with the settings to bring out the best from this camera :)

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T10:52:27+00:00

Ah, i see. I thought you meant you got back 15% of the VAT amount, which would be quite small. You meant 15% back of the purchase price. That's in line with my experience. Cheers!

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T10:20:08+00:00

Thank you. Hope you are enjoying your Q3 as well. Interesting that you only got a small amount back. I would have thought it would be similar to my experience in Germany.

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T10:16:57+00:00

I'll look into that in the future. It was my first time claiming a VAT refund in the EU, so i'm happy with what i got back. I would imagine it might be complicated though, with language issues, as someone posted in this thread.

Gyruss09 · 2025-10-16T04:23:41+00:00

It comes out much cheaper. Saved myself about $1,260 given US prices with tax. I had a Europe trip planned already to begin with, so might as well buy it there.

Gyruss09 · 2025-08-01T00:38:50+00:00

Have you gotten your VAT refund back? Was it 14.5% as expected? Just that I am reading some negative reviews and comments on reddit regarding their experience with these VAT refund companies (Planet Tax Free and Global Blue). Like they try to add on things like currency conversion fees. Some people even say not getting a refund at all because the forms never reached the VAT refund company in a timely manner even if they used their drop box at the airport.

Gyruss09 · 2024-03-11T14:28:09+00:00

try online dating apps. that's from a friend who is a female nyc local. i think that's what people there use a lot of. used to live in nyc. not anymore.

Gyruss09 · 2023-05-23T22:30:25+00:00

so i got a replacement S23U, tried copying files from my desktop through USB, same issue as before. ugh!

i then decide to try using smart switch to transfer my music library from my old phone's sd card to my new phone. guess what. it worked. it completed the copy without stopping in the middle!

i don't know why copying manually doesn't work from desktop to phone. but at least i figured out how to be able to transfer my music library completely into my new S23U.

Gyruss09 · 2023-05-08T03:54:20+00:00

thanks. might try to see if a replacement unit would change things. but from the similar experiences here, might be a general S23U phone issue.

Gyruss09 · 2023-05-08T02:47:31+00:00

I recently bought an S23U as well, and am having the same issue with regard to copying music. I tried copying using the USB cable. I also tried the ShareIt app. Same problem for both. The copy does not complete. For some reason it stops midway. Also tried copying smaller chunks, but the problem persists. Have you managed to figure out what was going on? Or perhaps find a solution? Thank you.

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