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packag from USA...question..

  • 05-09-2010 10:23pm
    #1
    Gelena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭


    My friend form USA would like to send some present for my son's birthday... Nintendo ds XL.. I know if i ordered something outside Europe i need to pay fee 25%. But what about presents? if i don't have a recieve... i can only guess the price for this toy... they can charge me or they can't? help me, please..:confused:


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  • #2
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,864 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    If it is being posted from USA your friend will have to declare the value on a Customs form which will be attached to the parcel.

    This thread on Online Buying & Auctions has all the infomation about Duty and VAT.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055862554


  • #3
    pieface_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 301 ✭✭pieface_ie


    If your friend was sending you a "package" and marks it as a gift and of a low value it would get through ok.


  • #4
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    pieface_ie wrote: »
    If your friend was sending you a "package" and marks it as a gift and of a low value it would get through ok.

    That is fraud and pointless. The value declared will reduce the insured value, and will not fool customs anyway.


  • #5
    dudara
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    Moved to Online Buying & Auctions

    dudara


  • #6
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    pieface_ie wrote: »
    If your friend was sending you a "package" and marks it as a gift and of a low value it would get through ok.

    That never works anymore.. if anything marking something as "Gift" is a surefire way to get customs attention.


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  • #7
    DYLF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭DYLF


    Gelena wrote: »
    My friend form USA would like to send some present for my son's birthday... Nintendo ds XL.. I know if i ordered something outside Europe i need to pay fee 25%. But what about presents? if i don't have a recieve... i can only guess the price for this toy... they can charge me or they can't? help me, please..:confused:

    if its electronics its about 10-13% duty and the 21% vat. doesnt matter if you mark it as a gift or not. your still gonna have to pay


  • #8
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    DYLF wrote: »
    if its electronics its about 10-13% duty and the 21% vat. doesnt matter if you mark it as a gift or not. your still gonna have to pay
    THe gift thing only works up to €45, otherwise the limit is €22, even though this is legitamtely a gift customs will recognise a DS as being over €45, they are no idiots.

    But if the value is under €150 you are not liable for duty, just VAT and a handling fee of about €6. If the person puts the true price paid in the US on the packet and the receipt in it then you should only be charged this. e.g. if it is under €150 (after conversion rate) then you might not be charged duty. If no value is put in then they can use their own value, which would be the RRP here -probably more than the US price.

    The other thing to note is region coding, similar to DVD region coding, the early DS had no such region coding, the new ones seem to.


    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/dsi/en_na/faq.jsp#vers
    Nintendo DSi exclusive game cards
    Nintendo DSi game cards that are only compatible with Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL (and not Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite) are region locked. This means game cards manufactured for the U.S. market would not work in a system made for another country.

    Nintendo DS / Nintendo DS Lite game cards
    Older Nintendo DS and DS Lite software is region-free, so you can play most of that software on a Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL from any region. It's possible, however, that future Nintendo DS software will incorporate region encoding. In these instances, these games would not work in a system made for another country.

    It might be wiser for them to give you the money to buy it for him, then you have no region worries, no warranty worries and the saving on post might cover the savings from buying in the US.


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