I just spoke with DHL the Netherlands, They said that when there is no shipping specified the customs will guess.
he said as long as the shipping cost is specified on the invoice and total amount is under 22 euro(27 dollar) it will pass.
Yep, I agree; it does suck. But it is what it is. I think we are getting on a very slippery slope asking a manufacturer to undervalue their product even more than they already have. And “to me”… asking them to send it as a gift is just to much.
Ain’t that the truth!! :person_facepalming: … .
. Check your PM’s
Waiting to hear back from Neal on if it is too late for people to change the shipping method. Now that the weekend is over hopefully will hear from him soon.
+1. It’s greedy and it’s potentially bad for someone. Not just for buyers who might have their stuff scrutinized more, but to any party involved. A conspiracy to help in a customs fraud is not exactly beneficial to a forum and its owner. Of course legislation varies between countries and the US is probably pretty safe from consequences from some Swedish or Chinese bureaucrat losing it, crapping herself and attempting going international. As an opposite example, in my country very few domestic open and public forums would even allow the kind of discussion.
I don’t know who started a movement to maintain a list where people who wish to change their shipping method can make specific requests on how the manufacturer should help them in scamming their local authorities, but… come on. Was there ever such a list? I know there was a thread where wishes on how to value a package were collected, but this is one step further - and just adding a column as part of a reply to this spontaneous list about whether a parcel should be marked as a gift is on whole another level. How and when were Lumintop contacted about it and how come they wanted to do this… wait, that did not happen, right?
Undervaluing packages might have been beneficial to customers for a long time, but these days I doubt it would make a difference in the greater scheme - at least in some countries. The amount of retail stuff coming in to most western countries from mostly China has skyrocketed in the past couple of years and seems to further grow. There’s only so many packages for example Finnish Customs can process, and if Chinese retailers started stating values honestly, the customs would have pretty much no choice but to ignore the majority of shipments for the time being. It’s not like any EU member government would be making a profit for charging 5-10 euros VAT per a typical package with all the expensive manpower involved and complicated communications needed unless they start charging service fees - which would in turn practically stop private import from Asia.
I don`t want to read all the pages, please tell me the problem with the registered Mail option. Is it to expensive for Lumintop to ship these orders to some countries, or are all countries involved?
