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Andrew Davie, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 5:57 AM, said:
high voltage, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 5:45 AM, said:
Of course you could do like Extra Terrestrials did, the green export sticker tick the box 'gift' and add the value of $20
Yeah, but the customs people aren't stupid and they see this all the time. Once they decide to have a look and realise it's Boulder Dash® for the '2600, they'll know the true value is many hundreds of dollars...
Better to declare the $75 and pay the lesser amount. By the way, here in Oz they don't just charge you on the item value -- they also charge on the (item+postage) total. So the heavier things are, the more they cost to post here, and the more customs duty we pay. Ouch The other side of that coin is that items under $1000 in value aren't taxed at all, as the cost of collecting the tax is greater than the amount of tax collected!
In Belgium, custom people are stupid
which is a blessing and a curse
up to now any box from Japan costs me a max of 10 euros
received a huge box from JF / Collectorvision for european distribution and paid...10 euros
but when there is a problem it is a nightmare but only once or twice in 15 years of collecting
