Originally Posted by
Knitette
No - thanks for asking. As long as it's marked as 'Gift' and the sender sticks to the $10 'value' (haha!) it's fine. I have been hit on two occasions though. One swapper put the value of her gift at $103, which included a $12.00 value for two used magazines - one of which actually had a 10 cent sticker on! Grr! As we have to pay VAT - Value Added Tax of 20% and a 'Handling' fee, it cost nearly $40!
Some people have no idea what it's like to live overseas and deal with this kind of tax. I'd say she has an overly sensitive conscience. But when there is a 10cent sticker on something, why declare it as worth more? Amazing.