#17478
12/19/2009 10:22 AM
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If you are sending any goods abroad please dont send them as "a gift" to avoid customs charges, unless you have been paid for them.
Lets just say if you ever have a problem getting paid, you could well find that the fact the item was sent as "a gift" could be used against you.
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#17479
12/19/2009 09:43 PM
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I think I get your meaning Daggers for sure never send that way
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#17480
12/19/2009 10:06 PM
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First of all, nothing gets sent out without payment unless it is to someone you trust implicitly and have dealt with honourably over the years.
The 'gift' thing is one way to try to beat customs duties and taxes. Some people see it as their duty in life to try to avoid giving anything more than the government blood ****ers have already taken from us, others see it as their role to be fair and just in making sure that all people pay their share of taxes.
Me, I think that all of you should pay your fair share, but I try to pay as little as possible while staying on the legal side of the equation. If that occasionally demands little white lies, so be it.
Merry Christmas.
John
Always looking for Eickhorns and etched bayonets.
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#17481
12/19/2009 11:43 PM
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Here in Canada the "gift" thing doesn't work at all. The only way to avoid the Customs charges is the "Returned to the original owner" ... but sometimes they would ask for the proof.
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#17482
12/20/2009 12:34 AM
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Mongobongo...I'll Bet (of course I don't know this as fact,only guessing) chris told him to mark it as a "gift" once that was done,he knew he was not going to pay him.
Sepp
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#17483
12/20/2009 07:27 PM
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#17484
12/21/2009 05:20 PM
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Thanks Mongo for the warning-
Definately allot to be known about the shipping/customs thing.
Did you get burned?
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#17485
12/21/2009 09:03 PM
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Overseas shipping is horrible. You can do certain shipments to one country with a certain method than the next country its verboten. Every time I go to ship something overseas at the post I leave angrier than a mountain lion! I no longer ship by marking gift. I'm not going to get screwed, no way!
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#17486
12/21/2009 11:06 PM
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I have learned my lesson, after having a chained NSKK confiscated in the UK, and given the choice of having it returned, or destroyed on the spot ,,, All because it was not properly described.
I have never used the "gift" option in any case, I always use "other".
Doug
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#17487
12/24/2009 02:28 AM
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What about reporting the true value? On a couple of instances I had to say the item I shipped was worth $200 because the person receiving had told me that he was charged taxes on the item.
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#17488
12/24/2009 02:42 AM
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You under value at your own risk. If it comes time to collect, you'd look mighty silly trying to claim $1,500 on an item you declared to be worth only $150.
Doug
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#17489
01/18/2010 02:41 AM
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You will look silly, right before you look really, really angry when they tell you that you can't claim the real amount..its happened before, and it will surely happen again..
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