ISO: Bulbasaur and Venusaur from the Red Nendoroids??? + Help with Customs on FJ Package!!!!

[aki199257]

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[thedaftlynx]

The issue about customs JUST happened to me. I order 1-2kg boxes that are worth 4000-5000yen (not marked as gifts) via SAL often, and this time I ordered a tiny 5000yen package containing a single Poké doll that was marked as gift and sent via EMS, and it's been stuck at Customs for THREE WEEKS. I'm not Canadian, but with Spanish customs you can either pay the amount they ask for, or they ship the items back to where they came from, so if you think the fees are too much you could probably ignore the package and wait until it comes back so that you can ask FJ to mail it again :/ So far I've had to send them proof that I ordered and paid the plush (yes, even if it was marked as a gift), as well as my personal ID, and right now I'm waiting for a quote, which I'm pretty scared to hear since the total is higher than $100 counting shipping (because they calculate the quote counting the shipping cost, too, for some damn reason

[aki199257]

Ah man, that really sucks. Why do they have to force you to pay the customs like that :( that is quite unfair. I hope the Spanish customs will improve and stop charging its citizens so much customs. I understand the government want to control imports and also earn money, but this is just so unfair :(] I hope when you get your quote, it isn't going to be too much....*fingers crossed*

My package shipping costed like over $250.....so I really don't want to pay that amount again @.@ but the customs fees is a lot too. Cus when I saw the package yesterday to write down the custom border's number to call them, it showed that they marked the value of the items as $100 and i got charged for $43.29, that is like 43% charge @.@ what the heck????!!!

I hope I can resolve this problem soon cus I really want my items TT^TT

[thedaftlynx]

It's really unfair now matter how you look at it, even more if we're talking about collectioning items that were never released in our countries >_< Paying half the price AGAIN is just awful...

If you bought a $500 iPhone for $400 online and they charged you that extra $100 to push iPhone sales in your country, I would understand, but (in my case) paying import taxes for a second-hand, 15-year-old plush is kind of... dumb? If you want to earn money through online selling, you just make the shipping prices higher like they've been doing every year ever since I've been shipping and receiving stuff. But stopping people's packages and charging them such amounts is pretty unfair.

[aki199257]

Yeah exactly :( I think the only way we can avoid to get customs if the value on the package is very low, maybe under $20? And the package is small. Or move to Japan XDDDD

[thedaftlynx]

Oh man, if only I could move to Japan. I would order so many things, my wallet would not be pleased hahah

I hope the customs issue gets fixed, too. With the amount of online shopping that's done nowadays, they'll have to find out a way to regulate it better.

[aki199257]

So it seems that the customs fee contains 3 charges: 1) GST + HST 2) Duty fees on the goods 3) Handling fee charged from Canada Post. And the person I spoke with on the phone told me that because of the nature of my items (shoes, clothing) there is going to be 1) and 2) charged for that. It seems it is going to be very difficult to get that charged exempted because if I were to ship it back to the border and they open the package again they can tell that it was purchases from a private seller and not a gift. So they would still charge me 1) and 2) bases on their estimate on the total value of the items. And 3) is never refunded to me even if I request a refund from the government. Sigh.....seems I have no choice but to pay for the fees.