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  • 05-02-2003 9:46pm
    #1
    Red Devil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭


    A bill for Customs arrived to my parents house today for dvds I bought at Christmas from amazon.ca.
    It is for approximately €40.

    Any advice on how i can get out of paying this?

    They were gifts which I believed were exempt.

    Even if I have to pay up will future purchases from Canada be hit for customs?


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    #2
    daveg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    Gifts below the vaue of €45 afaik are exempt. I'm afraid you probably fecked. You'll have to pay.


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    Mr. Fancypants
    Registered Users Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭Mr. Fancypants


    I got a 30 or 40 euro bill from Fedex about a year back. I just ignored it and never heard from them again.

    But saying that, i didnt sign for the goods so i had something to fall back on.


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    mfield
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭mfield


    If you order stuff (say a large order) from the US and post it to someone you know living in the US who in turn posts it back to you as a gift and minus all the formal billing etc, will you get away without paying duty?


    mfield.


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    daveg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    If you order stuff (say a large order) from the US and post it to someone you know living in the US who in turn posts it back to you as a gift and minus all the formal billing etc, will you get away without paying duty?

    Yes - so long as they put down the value of the goods as under €45.

    But this can be a double edged sword. Take my example. I bought a Creative Jukebox from the US for approx €200. It was a private sale on ebay so I asked the seller to wrap it up, put gift on the customs slip and only put the value/insurance down as €40. If my packaged went missing/got damaged I'd only get €40 back for the insurance. You have to ask yourself is it worth the risk ?


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    mfield
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭mfield


    Originally posted by daveg
    Yes - so long as they put down the value of the goods as under €45.

    Oh, that's nice to know! As there is large savings to be made when buying from the US! :cool:


    Thanks for that daveg.

    mfield.


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    gandalf
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    Red Devil did you get these shipped by courier or ordinary mail ?

    Gandalf.


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    The_Bullman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭The_Bullman


    I am a little confused about the value of goods that can be gotten. This is because I got about 150 euro of dvd's from canada and nothing was said about it. Is it just pure luck or something more?


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    daveg
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    Bullman - it's pure luck (according to the custom guy I spoke to before). They cant pull all the packages so they just check a sample amount.


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