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Wed 04/02/04 at 20:27
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Just received something from Play-Asia, but not too sure about the taxes and whether I have to pay or not. It was marked as "Sample". Is tax added onto those?
Thu 05/02/04 at 14:48
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Belldandy wrote:
> I ended up with about $250 retail value of region 1 anime for £60.

yeah you stumbled on a real gold mine.







sorry.
Thu 05/02/04 at 14:35
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All a bit of a lottery. Even if it is marked "sample" or "gift" etc, you can still be taxed as there is a limit on those too. Most couriers will ask for the cash at the door, or at least give you an invoice. Fed Ex are weird though; I've got invoices from them months after receiving the parcel and thinking I'd got away with it. Annoying thing is with couriers you often end up paying them a significant handling charge for the privilege of getting to pay the tax and duties.

The authorities can open the parcel and examine the contents. If it looks like a retail transaction they'll tax you regardless of what the label says. Had to fax proof of payment to them for a package from Hong Kong I’d bought through eBay. Was marked gift, and had an artificially low value noted on he front, but they said they wouldn’t release the parcel for delivery until they saw how much I'd paid and taxed appropriately. But they don't look at every package, so you do get away with it sometimes.
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:38
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I know, it was an eBay seller and the anime was REALLY cheap, his emails read like he bearly knew english. But the DVDs arrived, they were genuine *collapses* and it cost me nothing extra. I ended up with about $250 retail value of region 1 anime for £60.
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:36
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Belldandy wrote:
> I don't know. All I can say is that I ordered and received about
> £60 of DVD's from Hong Kong last year, marked as sample, and
> with a value of US$ 60 , and I didn't pay anything.

£60 isn't equal to $60 though
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:34
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That's what I wanted to hear.
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:32
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someone will be breaking your door down very soon ;)
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:31
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I don't know. All I can say is that I ordered and received about £60 of DVD's from Hong Kong last year, marked as sample, and with a value of US$ 60 , and I didn't pay anything.
Wed 04/02/04 at 20:27
Posts: 15,443
Just received something from Play-Asia, but not too sure about the taxes and whether I have to pay or not. It was marked as "Sample". Is tax added onto those?

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