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Re: Bad experience with Customs
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:23:45 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Alan Demlow writes:
> Hi. Yesterday I received my MISB 7824 from Holland, only to find that the
> shipping container had (apparently) been opened by Customs, although
> there's no marking on the box indicating this is the case. When I opened
> everything up, it appeared that Customs had used a carpet knife or some
> such thing to rip the container open to check the contents, and in the
> process shredded the front of the 7824 box. I'm not one to keep MISB sets
> sitting around, and it appears that all the pieces are OK, but I'm still
> pretty ticked off about. Has anybody had an experience like this before?
> Does anybody know where to complain?
>
> Alan
Hi,
Having done dozens of transactions abroad, I've had a few cases where customs
were involved. However, nothing has ever been destroyed and you should actually
seek compensation from them for that.
There is some steps that can be taken to avoid duty taxes or even better, the
opening of the box.
1- On the type of goods, select gift. That doesn't really say it's a gift but
it makes clear this is a transaction between two individuals as opposed to a
transaction between an individual and a commerce for which the later is
taxable.
2- On the value put NCV. This stands for "No Commercial Value" this mean that
you are acquiring this good for personnal uses and you won't resell it at a
profit - so there are no taxes for that.
3- On description put Lego toy blocks. Do not put the set number of every sets
if there are many sets. This prompt them to open the box and doublecheck
everything.
Hope this help.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Bad experience with Customs
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| (...) Time for me to chime in with the standard "Sorry, that's called mail fraud" line. If you choose to mark things as a gift that aren't so, odds are you'll get away with it, and 99.9% of the time, Customs won't even know or care, but that doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)
| | | Re: Bad experience with Customs
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| (...) No steps need to be taken to avoid duty on Lego entering the US--it isn't dutiable. And I in general agree with James concerning the ethicality of doing everything possible to get around paying import duties. As for avoiding having the box (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Hi. Yesterday I received my MISB 7824 from Holland, only to find that the shipping container had (apparently) been opened by Customs, although there's no marking on the box indicating this is the case. When I opened everything up, it appeared that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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