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17th September 2006, 02:28 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hamburg
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| Help.....customs problem...Help hey there, i have got a little problem over here....... i recieved a package from america (an art pro vla) two days ago............it is marked as a gift and insured for 100$.......the value is 100$ as well..............there is one problem tho'....it is still at the customs office. I will pick it up on monday but the last time i went there they told me that i will have to bring a receipt.......... Now my problem is, i dont have a receipt for this package........can the guys at the customs office force me to get on the computer so they can check how much i actually paid for the item? is there anybody out there who was stuck in the same situation? cheers alex
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17th September 2006, 03:23 PM
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Nov 2004
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| This sounds strange... You don't need any receipt. If there is an invoice following the package, thats what the customs have to work with. UNLESS the customs people suspect foul play. Worst that can happend is the package beeing sent back to its origin. Why did you get in contact with the customs anyway ?Why not wait an extra day or two and get the package through the mail ? I used to do the same thing. Tracing my packages. Whenever I saw them arriving inside the country, I'd rush off to the customs to pick it up myself. Somehow the customs dudes did not appriciate that. After I stopped and let them do their thing, I haven't had one single problem whatsoever with this sort of thing.... Best advice I can give you is keep cool, don't rush it. If the customs are hellbent on a receipt...transfer the amount to the seller...give the receipt to the customs...get the seller to transfer the founds back to you once you have the package good luck |
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17th September 2006, 04:00 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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| I recently shipped an item to a buyer in Europe, and customs required him to provide a receipt, so I just created a PDF invoice/receipt and emailed it to him, which did the trick.
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17th September 2006, 04:21 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: tx
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| What's the item worth? Goods made in Germany are subject to 16% VAT. If you could import items and they were free from such a tarriff, there would be an incentive to avoid domestically produced goods. Unless the item is a one-off that's not represented on the internet, they're going to want to find the actual value and you'll have to pay duty on it. http://www.germany.info/relaunch/inf...ms/tariff.html |
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17th September 2006, 04:38 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2006
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| I assume they're not stupid. They know it ain't a gift, and they know it's worth more than $100. Gotta be careful screwing with customs in any country. Follow the rules or pay the piper. |
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17th September 2006, 04:47 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: montreal
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| I'm in Canada, i don't know if that aply, but i did buy a couple on goods in other country, and the custum agent told me that they don't look at the value of the good that you pay for taxes , they look at the full values,as if you buy it new, even with use goods, the reason is that it's over the time that someone will sell something that's worth 1,000$ and you said that you pay 100 $............and you got to pay taxes on gift for the same reason. And they are not stupid, they will find out if you try to fool them, you better pay the taxes and get the product. Last edited by bigbone; 17th September 2006 at 04:49 PM. Reason: cose i can....:) |
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17th September 2006, 04:53 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hamburg
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| thanks guys......... i guess i have 2 choices to handle this situation 1. ...the honest choice...........walk to the customs office with a printed out paypal notification how much i paid for the compressor (210 bucks or so).... 2. ...lying......walk to the customs office and tell them that i dont have a reciept for the package since it is a "gift" from a friend............and hope that they wll hand the package over to me, which i guess they will not do........ hmmm............ this sucks  cheers
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17th September 2006, 05:34 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2006
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| You'll need a receipt, pal. I once underestimated the Israeli customs service too. Guess what - they know their way around eBay and Paypal REEEEEALY well. I wouldn't think any less of the Germans. Good luck. |
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17th September 2006, 05:41 PM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hamburg / Old Europe
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An e-mail should be pretty easy to pimp, huh ? Cheers, Bill | |
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17th September 2006, 05:59 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbus County, North Carolina
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   | you shoulda shipped to me ALexi..I go customs free...then I could ship to you. Quote:
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17th September 2006, 06:49 PM
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cheers
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