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Re: Customs question...
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 06:41:38 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes:
> Ben Gatrelle wrote:
> > Of course I can only speak from my personal experience. I am in the US and
> > have both sent and received international packages. If I am sending a
> > package for which I have received parts in trade, I mark it as gift. If I am
> > selling it for money I mark it as merchandise and enter the appropriate value.
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> This is the rule I have been using.
I generally do that as well, provided it's a purely business
transaction--if I'm buying on proxy for someone else, as Frank
well knows, I mark it "gift." But then again, as Frank notes,
we don't pay duty on (toy parts, construction, plastic). I also
served as conduit for someone else who bought nearly $1000 in
European service packs, and there was no duty there either--
but again, I put them down as "gift" (in both cases, not really
gift, but the Euro-quivalent {cadeau}).
> > As a receiver I have gotten packages marked as both merchandise and as gift
> > and have never had to pay any taxes to get my package (including some really
> > big boxes from DYA in France).
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> We have an advantage in the US, there is no duty on construction toys.
95033000. 95033000. That's what you put in the "description of
contents" for customs Oddly, other sorts of toys (especially wooden
toys) *are* dutied, so the type of toy is important, and if you just
say "toys" they may choose to duty it.
IIRC ETS-DYA always tagged my packages "merchandise." I have never
had to pay duty.
best
LFB
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| (...) I would just write "LEGO construction toys". So far I have only had one apparent instance of customs interference with stuff I've received. The first order I had from Greenman's ABS (Netherlands) was clearly opened and resealed. It also wasn't (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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