[JJ_SO]

photonius, you should try once shopping here

 

Cameras and lenses are usually cheaper, but as soon as I like to have something more special...



Now, how do you clean this brush? The Visible Dust products do have a small motor to throw the particles and load the brush statically and also one or two LEDs to see what I'm doing. But the brushes itself are the same as your's, I guess.



Now I just went to the brush site and then to a German vendor (of course, no Swiss dealer...)

 

Your site, photonius, wants 25$ for it, the German vendor 25 € (= 34$) - German V.A.T. + shipping costs to Switzerland: 37.92 € = 52$

 

A Giotto's rocket blower. 9.95 € - German V.A.T. + shipping costs to Switzerland: 25.31 € = 34.5$

 

Yesterday I purchased that one in a camera shop in Basle: CHF 29.9 = 33.3$

If I try to make a bigger order to reduce shipping, the tax drops in. Until 40 € goes taxfree via mail, over it's 15 € fee for post service + Swiss tax.

 

It's always like that, importing is just a tiny bit less expensive. And only in case there's no flaw of the product and I don't have to send it in.