I'd like to buy the complete set of 23 Baduktopia books in English (i.e. everything here:
http://baduktopia.co.kr/AsaMall/english/), either new or in good condition second-hand (e.g. without notes written on them!), for delivery to the UK. I've emailed
info@baduktopia.co.kr twice (in English), but 2-3 weeks later have not had a reply yet.
I see them for sale at
https://www.schaakengo.nl/goshop-keima/ ... aduktopia/, but if you'll forgive me they seem a little expensive there. On Baduktopia.co.kr they are listed at 12,000원 which is about €9.34 each. Schaakengo.nl sell the books for €15 each (some as sets with a ~10% discount), plus postage to the UK from the Netherlands is another €27.83. I understand that 1. they are running a business and need to cover their costs, 2. these books may not sell in very large quantities here in Europe so the margin needs to be higher, and 3. there are shipping and tax costs when ordering direct from Korea which I've not included in my comparison here, but still, that does seem quite a high price. From Baduktopia.co.kr, if I could successfully order direct, it would be about €214.82 plus shipping plus tax (VAT is due on imported goods above a certain value, but I think it is 0% for books:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-of-va ... newspapers). From Schaakengo.nl, €322.00 plus €27.83 shipping. So the difference is about €130 in cost - that's quite a lot.
Any suggestions? Has anyone else had success buying books directly from Baduktopia directly, in English for delivery to Europe or the US? The most recent posts I've seen where people have been able to do that were about two years ago.