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Title: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: manstab on June 10, 2013, 01:59:09 AM I live in Canada and am anxiously awaiting my batch 3 Avalon ASIC. To those who have received one in US or Canada, did Customs charge you a ridiculous amount upon delivery?
I recently ordered a $200 item from China and Customs charged me a 17% fee. I'm hoping that I'm not faced with a $1000 charge when this thing comes in. Title: Re: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: kinitex on June 10, 2013, 02:00:22 AM I too would be dealing with the same issue residing in Canada. Has anyone found a way around it?
Title: Re: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: BitAddict on June 10, 2013, 02:29:56 AM You're lucky, in Spain I paid 90€ for a 200€ order from China..
Title: Re: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: ArticMine on June 10, 2013, 04:43:56 AM I live in Canada and am anxiously awaiting my batch 3 Avalon ASIC. To those who have received one in US or Canada, did Customs charge you a ridiculous amount upon delivery? I recently ordered a $200 item from China and Customs charged me a 17% fee. I'm hoping that I'm not faced with a $1000 charge when this thing comes in. Let me guess 5% GST and 12% in "brokerage" and other charges payable to the courier company not customs. The way to avoid a ridiculous "customs" charge on small items is to never use a private courier for shipping. The worst I have seen is UPS who charged 50 CAD to "broker" 3.50 CAD of GST. Title: Re: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: peterepeat on June 10, 2013, 05:17:50 AM I am wondering the same thing for importing Avalon into Australia. Have any Aussies received one?
I think Avalon ship the unit with the invoice stuck on the box, showing payment in BTC. I am not sure what Aus customs will do (if anything) about that. Title: Re: Avalon question - Customs charge? Post by: fpgaminer on June 10, 2013, 05:59:02 AM This question has been more or less answer in the existing Avalon threads. As a courtesy to others, please always search the forum, and take the time to read relevant threads before starting a new thread.
For your convenience, here's my experience. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167726.msg2185266#msg2185266) |