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citizen erased
Joined: 06 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 6:22 am Post subject: Avoiding the Electronics Tarriff |
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I feel like I have heard that the tarriff on electronics is 60%. Thats an insane amount. I want to buy a bunch of things on ebay. One of the items is 135$ US.
Is it possible to avoid tarriff charges?
For example, if the item is a low enough cost, or if the source of the item is another country (canada, austrailia, somewhere in europe)? |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| If you get the seller to write gift on the package it should pass. I had my family send a nintendo wii and no tariff. It was labeled birthday gift |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard was SKConqueror suggests works. I ordered a watch from Amazon recently, but rather than have it shipped directly to me and pay a 20 percent duty, I had it mailed to my parents, who will send it to me as a "gift".
I'd offer to let you know if it works, but it will be a few weeks and therefore probably too late. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Avoiding the Electronics Tarriff |
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| citizen erased wrote: |
| I feel like I have heard that the tarriff on electronics is 60%. Thats an insane amount. |
It's insane only if you believe it. I've never paid more than 20%. For all my laptops, it was even 10%. On top of that, I've never paid duty on anything less than $200.
Just a note: if you do get hit with duty, they will add the cost of the shipping to the cost of the item and calculate the duty on the total.
Last edited by Young FRANKenstein on Mon May 12, 2008 3:03 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| I've heard was SKConqueror suggests works. I ordered a watch from Amazon recently, but rather than have it shipped directly to me and pay a 20 percent duty, I had it mailed to my parents, who will send it to me as a "gift". |
Such a small package will get through with such a strategy, but marking a computer or digital camera or the like won't. |
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