rckh Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 Dear All: I sold one of my collection to a member in USA. How chould I do to avoid CUSTOM problem? What should write on the item decription? Toys? Gift? Watch or anything? Please kindly help! Best Regards, Raymond
lazarini Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) hello there ... i had a simmilar problem 2 weeks back when i sent my first watch from eu to states in a trade with a fellow meber of this here boards ... PM me for the metod that worked as i removed it ... hope rckh will do the same ... regards laz Edited July 20, 2007 by lazarini
rckh Posted July 20, 2007 Author Report Posted July 20, 2007 lazarini said: hello there ... i had a simmilar problem 2 weeks back when i sent my first watch from eu to states in a trade with a fellow meber of this here boards ... as i never did that i asked around more experienced members and got instructions that i will write u below ... worked like a charm for me and the watch delivered without a problem . NOTE !!! i do not quarantee u nothing here im simply explaning how i was told to do it to have the best chance and no complication ... and it worked. SO : I packed the watch neatly in a padded envelope . Inside i included sheet of paper with handwriten note stating something like this : DEAR RAYMOND , HOW IS LIFE . I EXCHANGED THE CRISTAL ON URE WATCH AND DID THE SERVICE IT RUNS SUPER NOW LET ME KNOW IF ALL WELL. SAY HALO TO MARIA AND THE KIDS AND I HOPE TO SEE U HERE FOR THE HOLIDAYS AS AGREEED . KIND REGARDS MARK AND MONIKA after sealing the envelope i put it to post office sent it AIRMAIL , SIGNED FOR ... on the customs declaration paper i wrote repared cristal value 35 usd . Hope this helps regards laz Thx mate!
lazarini Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 Sure , hope it works out fine for u as it did for me , keepin fingers crossed , regards Laz
RWG Technical Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 There is only one thing that pisses off a Customs Officer more than anything else... When you LIE on the customs form. Don't lie and you won't have any problems...lie, and expect to have problems... RG
lazarini Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 ziggyzumba said: There is only one thing that pisses off a Customs Officer more than anything else... When you LIE on the customs form. Don't lie and you won't have any problems...lie, and expect to have problems... RG The Zigmeister , what u ment by that ... the metod above i got from "Verbal Kint" Robie ... and worked fine ... if u think the metod i mentioned is not oka pls feel free to post what shoud be better ... i dont quite get ure reply .. sorry for inconvinience . regards laz
Guest TTK Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 Really gullible these Customs guys.....lack of education you know...most of 'em are good ole boys from the backwoods....easy to pull a stroke on them....!
ubiquitous Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 Probably best not to discuss this sort of topic on a public forum. Maybe it would be better to exchange ideas privately via PM instead...
lazarini Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 ubiquitous said: Probably best not to discuss this sort of topic on a public forum. Maybe it would be better to exchange ideas privately via PM instead... agreed ubi ... removed now ... regards laz
gioarmani Posted July 20, 2007 Report Posted July 20, 2007 I simply put "Birthday present:child's toy". I have no proof if that would prevent or provoke anyone to actually open a package but I've never had a problem, regardless of the country. Germany, China, Spain, Qatar, UK, etc.
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