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Import Duty question

kaisersose77 · 2006-02-07 22:39:18

I bought a DS off a chinese seller and its currently being sent by EMS, as far as i know the seller marked it as a $20 gift as he is use to doing this sending stuff over to europe. My question is, what do customs do if they see a package with $20 gift on it and think that this is a bit heavy and open it up and see a DS. Do…

07-02-2006 10:39pm

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kaisersose77

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I bought a DS off a chinese seller and its currently being sent by EMS, as far as i know the seller marked it as a $20 gift as he is use to doing this sending stuff over to europe. My question is, what do customs do if they see a package with $20 gift on it and think that this is a bit heavy and open it up and see a DS. Do they try and find out the value of this item over and here and work out VAT on that? What is their procedure for items that dont have a value marked on a box? I have a bad feeling !

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#2 08-02-2006 1:56pm

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Whats a DS? I get regular deliveries of about 2kg in a pretty large box with no problems. If it is a common item the customs men may know its value. An ipod is riskier than a, say cowon.

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#3 08-02-2006 6:23pm

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sorry a nintendo ds - handheld console. I got it today anyways and no import duty , its was much lighter than i thought it would be so probably wasnt noticed.

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