Originally Posted by tlrnhi

We have always told everyone who is shipping internationally/Canada to always mark the Customs Forms as GIFT. Then to make the value no more than $20 as the amount. That way, Duty Tax isn't paid by the recipient. The ONLY people I know of that have had problems getting their packages are those in Canada. Haven't heard of anyone in Europe are having any problems.

What I have always done is....
I check GIFT.
I check the block that says RETURN TO SENDER if not deliverable (it's on the right side of the form)

I put the description as FABRIC and put $20 as the amount.

I've never had any problem sending this way. Ok, I did have one problem sending from Guam to West Virginia where the recipient was charged a duty tax. Apparently the postmaster there didn't know that Guam is a Territory of the US and there is NO duty tax to be collected. I had put the amount of the description as $500 only because of the insurance that was put on the package.
That was the ONLY time I had ever had a problem or heard of a problem when I shipped a package.