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#131
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Originally from NY, now retired in Argentina. Miss the USA!!! :-(
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I too do most of my ordering on line but here if the vendor ships in a box instead of a USPS Global Priority envelope that ends up going through the central post office in the city and I have to go personally to customs to pick up the box. Here the law is, you are allowed up to the value of $200.00 USD once a year. Even if you don't order up to that value it doesn't make a difference the next time you pick up a box from them you have to pay 50% of the value of whatever it is in USD. There is this one guy there that always remembers the American so I always have to pay. They really are crooks here!!!
For whatever reason if it comes in the bulk USPS Global Priority envelope it comes directly to my house and I do not have to pay customs anything. So I make sure all the vendors send their material that way.
When I go to visit my son in New York I usually order a lot of material and bring an empty suitcase so I can bring the material back with me.
For whatever reason if it comes in the bulk USPS Global Priority envelope it comes directly to my house and I do not have to pay customs anything. So I make sure all the vendors send their material that way.
When I go to visit my son in New York I usually order a lot of material and bring an empty suitcase so I can bring the material back with me.
#132
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Torrox, Andalucia, Southern Spain
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Very wise Penny, thats the best plan and I will be doing some serious shopping in London when I go back too.
One of my parcels was picked up by the customs and its cost 75€ to release it, That was on the 24th August. So far NO parcel, have no idea what could have gone wrong.
Elle
One of my parcels was picked up by the customs and its cost 75€ to release it, That was on the 24th August. So far NO parcel, have no idea what could have gone wrong.
Elle
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