Tom,
Who told you that there is duty to be paid on used equipment. I used to
belong to a collectors list, and somebody posted a section of the
duty/tariff regulations which said there is no duties to be paid.
Obviously someone is wrong. And I will not assume the person at FEDEX
had the updated regs either. Now you got me wondering, though I have
bought very little outside the US except from our very helpful enabler
Mr. CH Ling. Anybody have an idea where to look for the list of dutiable
items for the US?
John
Tom Scales wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Don't do that. FedEx and the other courier services will kill you with
> import and duty fees and make darn sure you pay the duties (which ARE
> applicable to used camera equipment).
>
> The postal service, on the other hand, almost never deals with duties and
> the packages sail right through.
>
> I got burned for $125 in duties and $40 in fees for the pair of 180/2
> lenses.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 4:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] eB*y Shipping delay: 20 days!?
>
> <snip>
> > I gave the seller a good feedback, he was helpful, cooperative, and honest
> > in every way. Next time I think I'll ask for FedEx, though.
> > --
> >
> > Jim Brokaw
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