DX Customs declaration!

I've just noticed that the customs declaration on the parcel I recived from DX this morning is filled out correctly!

While filling official forms out corrwectly is usually a good thing, I thought I should mention this as I know quite a lot of us might get hit for very unexpected customs charges.

The parcel was sent via China post, there are vague but correct descriptions of the contents and the actual prices for each type of item in US dollars.

I tend to keep a few padded envelopes incase I want to reuse them, I've just checked and my previous two orders from DX are also correctly declared.

These were also sent out this month.

Is this somethign they have been doing for a while without me noticing?

I guess China post forces them to.

Just checked the envelope I got yesterday and you are right, the declarations are correct... I hope they declare real values only for low value orders...

Both DX and Manafont have done it on my recent orders (with HK Post). KD is still using fake information.

my last manafont order had toys/ electronics. value 150 hkd. Contained 18650's and a few power point adaptors etc

I used to buy somethings from seller in china(hk). Even for large orders, they never write value more than $30 unless you required. I think they do the good way of shipping.

Do you buy 3 or more items of one sort and pay $1,70 for the bulkrate?

Are the $1,70 also written down in the CN22 customer declaration?

No, I didn't buy any bulkrate items.

They say, For orders shipped with Airmail Service, the name of product category will be used as declaration and the declared value for most countries is between 30% to 60% of the package value. Norway/France/Demark are exceptions and use the real value. Besides, without specail requirment, invoices/receipts are never included in the packages.

Does anyone know if paying for the $1.70 bulkrate thing allows you to order multiples of only just ONE item or can you get the discount on more than one product? ie: 4 units of flashlight X and 5 units of laserpointer Y at the discount prices

Multiples of all items!

Used to do that alot. Switched to KD for the multiples without having to spend those 1.7usd (really a unneeded expense) and the faster shipping of course. If only MF would start suppling exotics like KD does but they are getting there...

They'd probably still be 10-20% more expensive as with most other items.

You do have to watch the price though - sometimes you get a discount off a price that is quite a bit higher than the one for a single item. I only do the Bulk Rate thing with a calculator to hand. It doesn't necessarily save money.

I use the Bulkrate often. Small example of my last order:

3x 18650 Trustfire 2400 mAh (sku.20392): Price for a pair: $9,57, for 3 pairs $8,38 (each pair) - I save $1,19 each pair.

Then I buy some cheap holsters (sku.1374): Price for a pair: $2,74, for 3 pairs $2,18 - I save $0,56 each pair.

Totally save: $5,25 and pay $1,70 for Bulkrate = $3,55

+1 very true

Now I have my DX package. The wrote thecorrect descriptions on it, but not the correct prices.

They wrote pretty much the exact half of the item value for me.

All of this is pointless, custom's officials aren't dumb . I know for sure that in my country they check the SKUs right from DX, some guys received unopened EMS packages with the exact tax invoice...

Just hope HMRC officials here don't read this! Ours seem to have other stuff to worry about. Which suits me just fine.

Especially as our free import limit has just dropped from £18 to £15.