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!
Perhaps she was thinking of replacement value, in case it got lost in shipping, instead of the VAT surcharge. For $40 I think I'd have refused the package!