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In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > > This is all very worrying, and does not bode well for S@H in Australia.
> >
> > Not if the freight, customs & GST increase the prices by 50%.
> > ...[snipped]
> > I would also guess that means nothing to customs if the GST value is not
> > documented on the invoice / receipt. Not having seen a receipt yet, I don't
> > know whether thats the case or not. But it looks like we're probably gonna be
> > up for duty anyway.
>
> I'm surprised. Category 95033000 gets charged duty? If I ship
> things from AU to the USA under "toys, plastic, parts and whole"
> there's no duty. I had thought it would work similarly in return.
> Though maybe they classify these as coming from the EU and not
> from the USA?
>
> I'm just speaking from personal experience, but I've never had
> any Australian recipients charged duty, even on packages declared
> at US$300+ and marked "merchandise." But maybe I just got lucky?
Dunno how they decide, seems a little random, I've definitely had to pay duty
on one package from the US - about US$600 IIRC. But it's looking like this
problem with S@H is getting sorted, so I've got my fingers crossed...
> Frassin' rassin' sacca' raccin' customs dweebies.
8?)
ROSCO
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