...as an overseas buyer I have NEVER asked for "gift marking" . Sometimes seller ticks it off, of his own accord, but it rarely makes a difference..the Danish Customs usually catch the parcel anyways. I even had a Chinaseller who "marked it as gift and did not enclose an invoice so I wouldn't have to pay customs" (I did NOT ask him to do that!) ... now that was even worse - the parcel was opened and withheld until I provided Customs with the usual paypal invoice (up to 14 days delay!)..if the invoice is enclosed they process it automatically and ship it to me COD.
Some times a parcel sneaks its way through, without any customs fee..but it seems to be totally random regarding value and size when that happens..... Dan (from Denmark) ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] OT: overseas shipping / customs Just to chime in.... I have a few accounts on ebay. One (up until a year ago) was for selling RC Truck parts. 348 auctions daily. Amazingly, about 25% was for OUT of the United States. I would say that nearly 100% of those buyers asked that they be marked as gifts. I was told "They are being purchased as gifts for their kids, etc." Yah yah, I know. Not saying it is right or wrong. Just saying that I only ever had one issue with customs (excluding lost packages) over the 1.5 years I was selling those parts. That issue was for the hoods (bigest part). Maybe they inspect by size/weight? Michail In a message dated 1/9/2012 8:44:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 1) You will NOT mark it as a gift (most common question, believe me) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
