Random Rants

[LandoCal126 0]

@Seul:

Won a vest from Lando on eBay… 38 €... Custom fees?.. 23 €... Just because the declared value was a bit too high (40 $). 

I'm gonna start a school where you Yanks learn how to fill out custom forms correctly... 

Seriously, that is bullshit. $40 is not too much to declare. Anyhow, my apologies. And 'yank" this…

[urbanwoodsman]

@thomasnunnally:

We need a thread where you mark down that value for various places…or a list would be good too...I always tell everyone $20 for Canada.

Agree.

Getting charged a 70% customs fee is a bit obnoxious.

[thomasnunnally]

@Giles:

I can't be party to this conversation…...And I would prefer that a thread was not started.  I hope you understand......

Completely understood.

[Giles]

@LandoCal126:

@Seul:

Won a vest from Lando on eBay… 38 €... Custom fees?.. 23 €... Just because the declared value was a bit too high (40 $). 

I'm gonna start a school where you Yanks learn how to fill out custom forms correctly... 

Seriously, that is bullshit. $40 is not too much to declare. Anyhow, my apologies. And 'yank" this…

4th para

http://www.dutycalculator.com/help_center/Import-duty-taxes-when-importing-into-Belgium/

[Guest]

Within North America, generally $75 is the limit before you start getting hit with duties. I'll agree with L on this, though; for international shipments you can't go much lower than $40. (Anything lower than $40 and I have no doubt the customs officers will get suspicious and inevitably deduce for themselves the total value of the parcel.)

[Chris]

Hmmm, sounds like Belgeranian Customs decided to re-value your package for you…

[MikeC]

In my area (America), it's always weight. If its heavy, I get charged. An example would be IH jackets, one per delivery, that shit is heavy. Same with heavy ass pants.

[Giles]

I have started a thread here:

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3803.0

[rocket]

random tale from the odd world of online shopping…

orderd a spare part from a very well know online retailer on Wednesday via overnight express, came on Thursday, as it should. Yesterday to my suprise a package with the exact same content, same invoice and same shipping label including a identic tracking number showed up... happens... so now lets have a little quiz game, guess what came today?.... ....yeah right, an other one...... I'm now looking forward to Monday  ::) ;)....

[Seul]

[Megatron1505]

Had a similar thing happen about 5 years ago with a (don't shoot me) Abercrombie and Fitch backpack, I received 5 in 5 days, nothing for a week, then a further 2. Bizarre 

[rocket]

so Tommy have enough backpacks for the next years….

[Giles]

One for every day of the week…..

[Megatron1505]

Sold every single one of them 

[rocket]

damn, was about to PM a certain member, who might be interested in them…

[Jordan23]

Don't get me wrong but this is called enrichment cause you only get it because of a mistake! That means you only have paid for one and the contract was about one piece…!;p

Maybe i am an idiot but i would have sent it back!

[Seul]

If it's a big company fucking up: fuck 'm. Keep it, hand 'm out as presents, carry them into your local recycle center, or sell them…

If it were IH though, I'd ship it back... But the fuckers running that are much too bloody efficient!.. 

[Megatron1505]

Abecrombie and Fitch charged me over £30 to ship 1 backpack, their screw up, and absolutely no way am I paying to send their stuff back to them. The sat in the bottom of my wardrobe for over a year, then got sold.

[Seul]

And absolutely right you were, Mega!..

[Jordan23]

Yes, i unterstand!…but did you call their attention to their mistake? From the moralic and juridical point you were not the owner! ...and had neither the right to sell it nor to keep the avail!