For your information;

I just received an order of vitamins from the US. The declared value was $35 US. I was charged 1,272 baht taxes (About $39.75 US).

The worst part is that I ordered vitamins from Australia the last time and there was no tax. The last item shipped from the US via USPS item also had no tax.

The last thing before this that was shipped via FedEx was taxed at 30 percent. I have learned my lesson and will never use the FedEx thieves network again.

Same thing happened to me when I had my new phone shipped here via FedEx.

Had it listed several times as a GIFT and declared as a GIFT, but they bashed me for 2800thb

Bad deal all the way around Gary. I know your up in the sticks , but consider using a fellow Bm .I brought a computer hard drive. (blank) for someone last trip. Vitamins should be a small package.
I'm in Issan in Feb

Fedex has pretty well always had a one-price-fits-all policy, and you pay or you don't see your package.

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Gary ,you must be feeling down and out .Owning a Condo at the old creepy LaLana can do that to you .

Same ,same living up in the sticks with little Western contact .

Thai post office is just as bad, mailed a scooter to my daughter and my inlaws (me actually) had to pay twice the amount I paid for it in America for duty taxes!! pay or you don't get the package...simple as that!!

Sorry, you mailed a SCOOTER? Are we talking about the same thing; 2 wheels, handlebars, engine..........

I am curious as to where you stuck the stamps

You need the sender to under value the goods.

It's the same here in the Uk when i regularly buy porn dvds from the US. On the customs declaration if the value is over £18 (£40 for gifts) VAT is charged (now 20%?). There is also a Royal Mail handling charge of £8.00.
The package also takes longer then normal to reach me. An extra week on average before i get notification to collect from the Royal Mail depot.

UK Customs fees/VAT is only payable on goods sent from outside the EU.

Fortunately, most of my US porn retailers are happy to lie on the customs declaration. It may be more difficult with mainstream retailers.

The other issue would be if customs officials opened a package for inspection and found an invoice. Never had a package opened from the US...but had at least 2 opened from Holland. I wonder why???

valuable info guys

Was it really a gift?
They do have sales tax here in LOS so one has to think imported goods should be taxed.

We expats do quite well living here as far as tax liability goes.

Fuel in the tank.......?

fed ex are a crowd of thieving gypsies and the irish government are the same.

i like to wear boots when i am working and find catterpillar the best brand, unfortunately i have size 15 feet and caterpillar only ship to ireland up to size 12.

i ordered a pair from the us for $105 and $48 shipping which was ok as the euro was strong against the dollar at the time.

then fedex tell me that i have to pay another 48euro in duty before i can get my hands on them.

next pair i bought i got shipped to a friend in boston who posted them to me as a "gift" haha

so fuck fedex and the irish government

There is no customs exempt for shipped items declared as gifts, nowhere in the world.
Sometimes smaller shipments get through unnoticed, in this case you're lucky.
Once tax and customs duties are applied, all shipping agents also charge you a handling fee, which in the case of lower valued goods can exceed the customs and duty amount.

Sunny

Went through this exact thing yesterday with FedEx. Ordered an ankle brace for $30 plus another $35 for shipping, about 2100 Baht total. Was charged 1745 Baht in duty and service charges. Everything is spelled out in black and white on about three different customs forms and two FedEx forms. Was listed as an orthopedic device, valued at $30.

Oddest thing was, they wouldn't send the package out from Bangkok until I emailed a signed ID copy of the person that it was addressed to.

You BUY pornos from the USA???

Have you not heard that porn is freely available on the internet?

My thoughts exactly.

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Cheers

Michael

Sorry for going off topic a but, but I just went to PureTNA after reading this, and when I logged in, AVG (anti-virus) popped up and said there was an exploit type virus on the page.

Anyone else have this problem?

youjizz.com or tnaflix.com and you cant really go wrong

I'm a bit of a collector. Plus i want good quality to watch on a TV. Don't like jerking off sitting bolt upright watching poor quality downloads/tube sites on my laptop. In fact...i'll often buy the dvd after finding a scene i like on a free site.

You can often sell the dvd afterwards too (after making a copy for yourself). That way...you've got a perfect version of that special scene.

In some ways it's like saying....'why go all the way to thailand to pay for sex when you can fuck old boilers here for free'???

I do browse Youjizz now and again. I found a great clip which shows what your g/f might be doing on a hen night.

Not the manipulated stuff like partyhardcore.com (which throws in a few pornstars). These are real girls in the UK being naughty with male strippers.

Hen party footage

Hen party footage 2

Very poor advice. All countries I know charge customs on gifts, but many allow an exemption if they are below a certain price. Seems fair, actually. In all countries I know, you'll pay some sort of taxes on that gift when you buy it.



This is transient. TNA and the likes are always clean, but they have links that go to dodgy sites. The links are pretty much random, so if you wait a minute, or hit reload, the warning will usually disappear.

And not only TNA by a long shot. Even non-pr0n sites get this.

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I had to read that this wasn't a thread dug up from 5 or more years ago as every man, woman and dog knows that you are likely to get screwed when ordering direct and using one of the big couriers, as the shipper is likely to put the real value and description on the package to avoid getting done themselves.

This very subject was covered at some length not so long ago in a thread started by MM asking about importing things into LOS.

By all means, there are exemptions on customs and excise duties for articles with a low value. The amount is different in every Country. But this has nothing to do with the declaration of a shipped item as a gift.

Thats an interesting approach: By obeying to the rules and staying legal you get screwed? So, you are importing an item, and in order to scam the authorities, you have the value underdeclared. According to your post, you do this to avoid getting screwed?

Does that approach also apply to say, bars? A bar that does not participate in scams like bill padding, overcharging on drinks, watering down the Alcohol content, is getting screwed as they are making less money as they would in case they participated in these scams?

What is the difference between these two affairs?

What I want to know is why does FedEx get such a BIG tax and service charge and USPS has a much more reasonable charge.

Here is the example; In the past year I bought two Garmin GPS units. One was bought from a seller who refused to use USPS and insisted on FedEx. The other was bought from a seller who agreed to ship via USPS. Both units were around the $200 - $250 price range. The FedEx unit was taxed at more than 2,000 baht or about $62.50. The unit shipped via USPS was taxed 320 baht or about $10. No one can tell me that FedEx is not in bed with Thai customs.

In the future, I'll do without something I want rather than have it shipped FedEx. I have sent the thieves emails bitching about their phony charges but have received no answers.

USPS items are customs-cleared by the local Thai Post, FedEx ain't. They have their own agents, resulting in much faster clearance, for a fee ...
I had not so long ago tracked the proceedings of an USPS parcel which I had already written off. It arrived after about 2 month, and according to the stamps and documentation enclosed, it did sit more than 5 weeks at the Bangkok Airport customs office, before a small charge (If I remember correctly it was about 250 Baht for an item valued 60 US$ plus shipping) was charged, and then delivered about one week later.

I have received FedEx parcels too, cant remember the full details, but the handling fees were in the 1000 Baht range.
Up to you if you want to wait several weeks in order to save 1000 Baht or more, or not.

Actually the USPS shipped items took not more than ten days. I am pleased with their service. The cost is not much different from FedEx so the shipping savings is minimal. This last FedEx shipment took a couple of extra days because they needed a copy of my Passport. That's bullshit too. I bought a $300 pressure cooker from Australia shipped via regular mail and there was no tax at all.

You can download the full DVD (4.37 GB) and then burn it to disc if you're fussy.

Get yourself a fast internet connection and download from News Group Servers

Shit, they even include the covers to print off and put in a DVD Jewel Case!

You got any links?

4.37GB is a serious download. Thats the capacity of a single layer dvd+r.
Most porn films these days are 6-7 GB. I either split on to 2 dvd+r's or burned on a Dual layer dvd.

Looking at paysites where you 'download to own' a film the specs are lower than normal

I have the dvd 'Teens with Tits 9'. It's going to be about 5-6GB

This paysite has it as 2.11GB to download Pornography Movies

Adultdvdempire (the biggest adult dvd retailer in the US) advises users to have 1.5GB free on their PC for 'video on demand'
Adultdvdempire

I'd be suprised if those sites giving it away for free are going to offer full size downloads.

I've been waiting 40 days for a USPS shipment of a simple thing like a screen replacement for a mobile I ordered from Amazon.

Do a little research on downloading from News Group Servers. It is totally free although you can if you wish pay for access to a larger group of servers, up to you, I never bothered because my Internet provider Virgin Media provides their own free servers. They are not websites.

With a 20 MB connection you can pull down a full DVD (4.37 GB) in less than 60 mins. Plug your PC into a large screen TV and wank away

Google usenet

Oops, I meant 20 days (so far).

lol with a large screen tv it will be just like being there your self..

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thats what i wanted to ask you.... how come when i plagiarize pastrys nice avatar of the great tits it doesnt move on this pc but it did on my other?or is joe th pc wiz cant remember.

This is the fastest, but equally as good is just to use BitTorrent, and leave the computer running while you're doing other stuff, and the movie will come - in an hour, 6 hours, a day, whatever.

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Did you get a tracking number? You can use the tracking number to see where it is at.

Nope.

If it was shipped regular mail versus USPS priority mail, you'll be lucky is you ever get it. I've had regular air mail letters opened. Usually they had a card and a letter in them so were thicker than a normal letter. I assume the thief was checking to see if they contained money. The envelope was torn just enough for them to see what was in it.

Yep, USPS Priority Mail.

See, the thing is, I had ordered something from Amazon while I was in the USA that said 3-6 day shipping time. I had 7 days before leaving, so I had it sent to my ex-wife's home.
Then I got a letter from Amazon saying that the product would arrive in 6-12 days!

So, I went to the local podunk post office in a town of 1000 and asked the postman about shipping to Thailand. He told me USPS Priority would arrive in 7 days or less. What does he know, I suppose? He's probably never been out of California. But, I believed him. I bought a small packet, addressed it, filled in the customs form, and bought the stamps ($13USD).
I gave the package to my daughter and asked her to insert the contents of the package from Amazon into the box, seal it, and drop it off at a post box.
It arrived the day I left (about 2 hours after my flight departed).
Still waiting.

Send your daughter to the podunk post office and have her ask the postmaster how to track it because you didn't get it. In that size of a town, he'll probably remember sending it. I doubt many packages from there get sent to Thailand.

Equally as good? Not imho. Sure, you will get the file eventually with a Torrent but if you need something fast, news groups are the way to go. I have a high spec pc and surfing the internet is a nightmare when your Torrent app is running in the background. None of that shit with news groups.

BTW, I use both when I have the opportunity

I got the advice and pre-stamped package in the podunk post office, but the package was mailed in the "big city". It's not a big deal. The item wasn't that expensive, and certainly no one would steal it. I am having the phone repaired her in LOS for about the same amount.
If the package ever arrives, I'll have a backup screen replacement for when I drop it again.

Not speed, I meant final quality of the merchandise only. If you're not in a hurry, torrents are as good as anything.

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Yes i did MM(nothing that SpyBot couldn't handle though), do not go to this Website unless you wish to inherit a Trojan Worm.

DO NOT USE PureTNA!!!

FYI, the USPS priority mail package arrived after 20 days.

I have one on the way, USPS International Letter. 26th July... The internet tracking system is useless. All it tells me is received at the Bronx, NY that date and no further information.

Let us know when it shows up.

Before April, I was getting two or three packages sent a month by USPS. It was almost clockwork, USPS Express (EMS) took one calendar week and USPS Priority mail took two weeks, almost to the day. Hadn't had one more than a day or two off, and had no boxes go missing, nor any of them opened by Thai Customs. Some got hit for duty without being opened, but surprisingly, most didn't

Since the Red Shirt stuff kicked off in April, I have had one Express package go completely missing (they claim it never entered the country), two Express packages seized, three Priority packages opened and resealed by Customs (but charged duty and delivered) and one Priority package seized.

Bangkok Customs sends the seized packages for Pattaya to Laem Chabang where they decide if you can have it or not. They'll send a Customs notice, then you must go personally to pick up the package, if they decide to give it to you. To date, the three packages seized were not released, even after visiting the Customs office. There was nothing illegal inside any of them. I assume they think they will make more reselling the items than what they would get for duty.

The number of people in line with the same letter (white paper with green print with a 0 Baht duty charge) tells me I'm far from the only one losing packages to them.

Right now I am waiting on an EMS letter sent from the UK sent out 26 July. We'll see how long it takes to show up.