DRUG wrote:
After a hell of a fight with customs, I managed to get MRT
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
It will be activated overnight, so cya tomorrow!
PT customs are a PITA !!!!
They are checking way more packages that they were 2 years ago.
Nowadays even stuff like anime figures and sketches (douga, genga, settei, etc) get checked at custum and they ask for invoice+NIF and they charge even for each day the packages are left there on storage + tax just to get the packaged checked by the custom + IVA
Stuff like electronic components are allways taxed nowadays even when they are declared as low value or gift.
Those guys just want $$$$
Recently they stalled one package that i've aquired on the japanese yahoo (auction like e-bay but on japan) of imported PS2 Japanese games (graphical novels) and then they requested NIF copy (Citizen Card copy) + invoice of purchase. Then i send them the copies and they requested for me to send them a declaration written and signed by me where i would declare by my honor that i wouldn't re-sell the games and that they were for private use (my own use) and not for re-sell.
Then i send them the document and then when they released the games thre price that they wanted me to pay was 2 times more expensive then the price that i've paid for the games.
I was NOT happy with that and i consider it a robery.
Because even if you import something cheap out of UE they have a fixed price for presentation to custums something like $20 to $30 and you will have to pay that no matter what (no matter whate the value of the stuff you aquire is) just to get the package checked by them then it's more "stamp tax" + IVA tax + tax for each day the package is on storage ...
![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)
Had exactly the same issue when I managed to buy mega drive games in bulk for my collection.
1 month ago also bought a Assassins Creed action figure and had to pay 47€ at customs...
This is sad.