The Cost of Customs

mountainannie

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Well.... see.. Chiri got an IPOD

and so I started to have IPOD fantasies....

and then ordered one from Amazon

who said that they could ship here.. just like they do my books, I thought, which arrive at my door...

NOOOOOO

I get a call from DHL which says that I owe $3511 pesos

which is about as much as the thing cost at US $139

stoopid me

not to have used a friend's forwarding service

but it makes me so mad

that I want to refuse it

but then I will have to fight with Amazon for the credit

and NOT have an IPOD

guess I just pay it and

reflect that I am not paying real estate taxes here???????
 
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AnnaC

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Other than books,CD's and DVDs I find Amazon's charges on other items outrageous if I want something from amazon.com instead of amazon.ca
 

waytogo

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Annie, didn't you know all the fees when you purchased?
Is the 3511 pesos for shipping and customs? There shouldn't be any customs fee.
3511 for shipping alone is outrageous.....
That same item under a pound from EPS Florida to Santiago would have been about 200 pesos


B in Santiago
 

bochinche

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why don't you just open up your own account at a mail forwarding service?
get amazon to post to your 'new' (usually) florida address.
you can get free shipping for ipods.

you only have to pay charges for florida to dom rep then.
i use business mail.
would never have to pay that much for an ipod.

have i missed something?

boch.
 

mountainannie

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Annie, didn't you know all the fees when you purchased?
Is the 3511 pesos for shipping and customs? There shouldn't be any customs fee.
3511 for shipping alone is outrageous.....
That same item under a pound from EPS Florida to Santiago would have been about 200 pesos


B in Santiago

well first .. it was not an ipod i just typed wrong

it was a kindle

which are only available from Amazon

and i do not have an EPS account or any other since i do not really buy anything except books ... and they arrive here to the door

I did have Business Mail for a year but since they are not in the hood, I had to take a cab back and forth to get to the place which is $5 bucks and it is soooo cool to get things delivered ( I also have one magazine that comes and the occasional letter)

no, I did not have any idea of customs costs

but the Amazon page does say that you are responsible for all the charges

they ship through DHL

how would I have found out about the customs charges in advance?
 

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well first .. it was not an ipod i just typed wrong

it was a kindle

which are only available from Amazon

and i do not have an EPS account or any other since i do not really buy anything except books ... and they arrive here to the door

I did have Business Mail for a year but since they are not in the hood, I had to take a cab back and forth to get to the place which is $5 bucks and it is soooo cool to get things delivered ( I also have one magazine that comes and the occasional letter)

no, I did not have any idea of customs costs

but the Amazon page does say that you are responsible for all the charges

they ship through DHL

how would I have found out about the customs charges in advance?

I think you're going to find out the money is for DHL shipping, not for customs, because I believe anything under $200 is duty free. Shipping via UPS/DHL/FEDEX are exhorbitant and they themselves charge fees for filling out the paperwork for customs. Big fees. We stopped using UPS to deliver vitamins to Canada because of the fees they charged for paperwork on a $25 item - free from the US Postal Service.

AE
PS. You can buy a Kindle on eBay.
 

mountainannie

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I think you're going to find out the money is for DHL shipping, not for customs, because I believe anything under $200 is duty free. Shipping via UPS/DHL/FEDEX are exhorbitant and they themselves charge fees for filling out the paperwork for customs. Big fees. We stopped using UPS to deliver vitamins to Canada because of the fees they charged for paperwork on a $25 item - free from the US Postal Service.

AE
PS. You can buy a Kindle on eBay.

shipping was $48

taxes were $94

total order was $287

yes, I did buy the super duper leather cover with the built in light

yes, I did include Ginny's book

No... I would not order this way again
 

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shipping was $48

taxes were $94

total order was $287

yes, I did buy the super duper leather cover with the built in light

yes, I did include Ginny's book

No... I would not order this way again

What a shame. The taxes were.....???? Customs fees???

If there's anything else you buy, ship it to my house and I'll bring it on January 2nd!

AE
 

mountainannie

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What a shame. The taxes were.....???? Customs fees???

If there's anything else you buy, ship it to my house and I'll bring it on January 2nd!

AE

Well I did ask that they ship it to my house

since all the other Amazon orders are just delivered here via regular mail.

But this time they used DHL .. who called to say that I had to deposit the tax money in a special account, then fax them the copy of the deposit...

Thanks to those who posted here I was not so upset since the tax did come out around 36 to 40%
 

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Ooooooh .... Kindle .... << wiping drool from corners of mouth>>

Let me know how you like it, after a month or two of use. What size screen did you get?
 

mountainannie

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Ooooooh .... Kindle .... << wiping drool from corners of mouth>>

Let me know how you like it, after a month or two of use. What size screen did you get?

i have been using the kindle for pc program on the computer for a few months now... and decided that it would be better to get away from the desk,,, on occassion

will let you know

assuming that it

that i ever get it!