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?
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...
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.
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
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...
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.
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...