Thread: CUSTOMS JACKED MY RAZORS

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yea the title say it all has this ever happened to any one....
i have orded stuff from the great people here. vintage blades and evrything comes right on to my mail box
but i ordered 2 from straight razor designs
and all i got in the mail was a ltter i had to sign for in all korean language
and took it it to a guy i work with and hes working the issue but now its going to cost me an extra 60$......
so i dont know how they shipped it over or what was put on the customs form..but i am def kinda bummed about that, really wasnt planing on dropping an extra $60 to the korean government for nothing

i have no idea if they shipped it insured or not but with it being sent to an APO AP address it should have never been collected by local authorities to start with i would think?? long as i get my blades soon ill be a happy camper just a hard lesson learned i guess

I had a J-Str come from ZethLent insured for 60,000 yen without having to pay anything. Customs are odd at best. In this case, they are just trying to get revenue. I know thats what they are supposed to do, but 60 dollars for a couple razors seems out of line.

I feel your pain. Sometimes I have to pay customs fees, and sometimes I don't (still haven't figured out why). On some packages sent over here I've had to pay something like 25% if the items were valued at >30 Euros. That could easily hit 60 bucks on two nice razors.

they hit me up for 20%

I had to go pay for a package yesterday that turned out to be a Genco Easy Aces I'd had restored by gssixgun. I was charged £8.95 + £8 " handling fee " so nearly £20 for a razor that was mine to begin with.

I'd have been more irked if I wasn't so pleased with the job Glen had done on the razor, it took a lot of the sting out of the situation.

i feel your pain! having to pay again on something you already own people we should all just start marking things as a "gift" on customs forms

Originally Posted by BAMARACING8

i feel your pain! having to pay again on something you already own people we should all just start marking things as a "gift" on customs forms

I think taxes are applicable on goods AND services, so I can't really kick up a fuss. I can come and here and have a moan about it though!

It's the £8 handling fee that bothers me most I think ...

Here in the USA you are duty free up to $200.00 USD in a commercial transaction IIRC. What I have noticed in items I've purchased that were higher priced is that with some carriers I didn't always get hit by customs. For instance UPS or FedEx always nail you but in my experience USPS only some of the time. Royal Mail, DHS seems to be some of the time and not others. Too bad about the extra $. I know the feeling.

maybe thats what got me..the over 200$ mark but i have ordered things before over 200 and been fine...who knows really maybe it was just my unlucky day