......and , in fact, do not think that buying it Europe gives you necessarily a better deal than buying, for example, in the States.
Sam Ash (New York or as it was known in the past.... New Amsterdam), for example, has a Series III model S62 no engravings for U.S. $3,399.00 which is considerably cheaper than Old Amsterdam-Europe (where I live) where the same saxophone is 3,300.....EUROS!
The only advantage for non-european citizens is to make sure you buy at a shop which is able to provide you with the tax-free option (you have to tell them! they won't, in general, tell you) where you can collect (in general at the airport) your V.A.T. (different names in different European countries but it means value added tax) which is a tax you pay with different percentages in different european countries on everything that you buy.
Remember that for luxury items you might be required to pay an import tax when you get home.....making the whole business of buying abroad rather pointless in this case.....do your homework about prices here and there .
One more thing, when buying a Selmer remember to buy a SELMER PARIS FRANCE if that is what you want all other horns called SELMER are not necessarily made by SELMER FRANCE (SElMER LA VOIX or Selmer artist limited for example are chinese or taiwanese horns in disguise.....you have been warned!
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