Quote from: Reynaldo on April 05, 2015, 02:32:16 PM

Quote from: amazon4u on April 05, 2015, 12:19:07 AM

Quote from: cyclops on April 04, 2015, 09:37:50 PM

Quote from: amazon4u on April 03, 2015, 06:56:53 PM

Quote from: cyclops on April 03, 2015, 04:43:04 PM

So as far as I can see, no problems with this service right? I am seriously considering ordering from you, the only thing that sets me back are customs and import taxes...

This guy is from Spain(European Union) and didn't pay any custom fees or import taxes for his products...you can send him a PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=33845

Basically it works like this...If your product has the option "send as a gift" , I am 100% sure that you will not pay any taxes...you won't have any price tags in your package and I will add a text like : "Happy birthday your name " ...no import fees are paid on gifts/presents in the European Union so you should be alright...

It does not matter if it is declared as a gift, if the price of the item (declared in the customs form) exceeds 45 I have to pay, no matter if it is a gift with a happy birthday card or not.

but how will they know the value ? There are no price tags in the box ...I can't believe the customs employees have a value catalog for everything from toothpicks to last generation drones...because market prices vary significantly that price catalog should be updated daily in order for them to estimate any item value....but why don't you ask "atsuky" , his headphones were at least $100 USD, so a lot more than 45 Euros...he never paid a penny on import or customs fees and he also lives in Spain (European Union)...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=33845

Usually they just check for the item on the internet or w/e... this happens to me too and I'm not in Europe.

But just curious.....how do they choose the final price ? searching the net will not help them much and there is also time consuming for them, because there is at least one price on Amazon, different ones on Ebay, Craiglist, Bestbuy and so on...there are also different prices between refurbished and new items...

how can they argue that this is not a refurbished item or a used item with a much lower price ? there are no price tags in the package whatsoever...it is just puzzling to me how the customs employees have enough time on their hands to search the net for each package that comes as a gift (imagine how much time they need to do that during Christmas), establish a price for an item they never seen before and know nothing about (refurbished, new, used etc) and make no errors in the process...puzzling

and how about this scenario that can happen to any person visiting the US ... let's say you visit a friend in the States and you forget your $2000 USD laptop/phone/watch/etc at your friend's house...your friend mails the forgotten laptop/phone/watch/etc to you via USPS/FEDEX/UPS/ etc and you end up paying customs/import fees for it ? mmm...I'm pretty sure something ain't right here and that the customs employees can't just do as they please...