Andrew, is >$500 an Official Stated Amount? Are all packages valued
over that automatically taxed and Customized? I assume that is AU$
and that US$ are converted.
I use only USPS for International shipments and have been well pleased
with their service. Faster, on occasion, than domestic shipments!
TIA!/ScottGee1
On 2/23/07, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The advantage for me in buying from B&H is that they offer a choice
> of mail or evil thieving bastard (FedEx, UPS, whatever). If I receive
> a mail package with a stated value of under $500, the customs don't
> bother with it and I don't pay GST (VAT). I've never bought from KEH
> and I wouldn't if they don't offer USPS for international.
> If they send it by tracked courier service like FedEx, those swine
> report it to customs, arrange for me to pay the tax that I don't need
> to pay and charge me a brokerage fee for the privilege. I suspect
> that they do rather well out of those brokerage fees. Of course
> companies like using courier services because they don't have to do
> any of the work themselves like going to the post office and the
> customer can be billed for all transport expenses.
> I don't buy from anyone who doesn't do mail - although for higher
> value items I will choose something like UPS as it saves me
> organising my own agent.
> If you ever send something here (Oz), use insured mail.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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