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Official Customs, Duties, and International Shipping Questions and Stories Thread

zippyh

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You will most likely get hit with Duties, I know I did.

Do you know percentage wise how much? 


It all depends upon what you're buying and how they describe it on the customs form.
Different items have different rates.
Google "harmonized tariff schedule" and look it up.
It's a PITA but it's not rocket science.
 

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Do you know percentage wise how much?

I do not recall as it was over 2-3 years ago, I do know that they shipped by FedEx and I needed to set up some kind of account with FedEx to process the fees.
 

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Has anyone ever ordered from Someday Store from Australia? If not, does anybody know if it's common to get charged for customs shipping from Australia via UPS?
 

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So Rakuten seems to be a sure thing for heavy duty? Most vendors seem to ship via EMS, so I'm assuming duty would be a problem as well for FromJapan proxy, can anyone share their experiences?
 
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I will always pick EMS over any other courier (it also gets passed off to USPS here). My last FromJapan shipment was well over $500 and I didn't run into any issues (wasn't cheap to ship though).
 

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Wonderful tracking status from UPS:
1000
 

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@wizzeak I've never been had customs fees with FromJapan EMS either. Both recent orders were sizeable and I had to pick them up at the post office. And EMS gets from Japan to NYC faster than USPS gets from the delivery vehicle to my apartment (going on the 4th day of "out for delivery").
 

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Enclothing: order placed Sunday, delivered Wednesday via FedEx, $248 - one item, no import duties :slayer:
 

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Fedex sends bill after

End order of $250 range I've been hit from $35 to $75

Good luck
 

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I ordered before Christmas some stuff from Portugal. I got the Fedex bill about 10 days later, which I haven't paid yet.
I returned my stuff via USPS (and marked it as returned goods) on January 2nd. Last updates:

January 20, 2014 , 9:44 pm

Customs Clearance

PORTUGAL
January 20, 2014 , 9:18 am

Customs Clearance

PORTUGAL
January 20, 2014 , 12:46 am

Processed Through Sort Facility

PORTUGAL
January 4, 2014 , 6:37 pm

Processed Through Sort Facility

ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)

Is it usual to have returned stuff held in customs for so long? Is it held there because I didn't pay the Fedex bill, or is it completely unrelated?
 

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Just got a 20$ fedex bill for a 290sqm order that was marked down to 20 eur :foo:
@einstine you get anything?
 

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