Customs Officials!

[2004lynxghia]

eerr..sorry pero pano ang tsokolate nyan..?..baka tunaw na..

[66bunny]

san ba sa US cousin mo? dapat kasi nasa city siya na maraming pinoy. Forex nga din un ginamit ko sa san diego. ang alam kong price dati pa $65/balikbayan box ang freight charges. may smaller boxes din sila. wala na bayad ang tax.

why not ask your cousin to look in the yellow pages dun sa city nya, i'm sure kung meron door-to-door service dun catering to pinoys definitely nasa yellow pages yun.

nung nagpadala ako sa ermats ko via USPS, wala pa worth $150 yung pinadala ko e nagbayad ako tax sa postal office nasa $30, then bago nakuha ng ermats ko nagbayad ulit siya ng tax sa philippine postal office nasa P2000.

Nagbayad ka ng $30 for tax for a box not worth more than $150? Did you declared the contents inside? Hence the $30 tax? Then the Customs here charged your mom for another P2000? What gives?

So how do they charge here? Is there a formula or they base it on how they feel that day?

Man, I hate them.

[ladycroft]

it was delivered to our house.. door-to-door naman yun..meron naman papipirmahan sayo kung satisfied ka, say buo yung box pagtanggap mo or damaged at usually ay kinukunan pa nila ng picture yung person na tatanggap ng box..

yung FOREX naman ay isa lang sa mga companies that cater to that kind of business..pwede naman kahit ano gusto nyo. nabanggit ko lang forex dahil dun pinadadala yung sa amin..

AFAIK, walang tax yung basta hindi commercial ang quantity.. Let's say magpadala sya ng playstation na 50pcs, magta-tax na kayo dun dahil mukhang pang-benta na yun... pero kung pang personal consumption lang ay wala ka babayaran...

bigyan mo na lang ng tip yung delivery boy para next time ay ikaw ang uunahin nila deliberan..

YUP...yung sis ko, nagpapadala sya monthly ng package, and so far, kumpleto naman..saka tama si raikonen..may picturetaking pa..hehe upon receipt of the package..it doesnt matter kung gano kabigat yung box..basta iba iba size nung box, dun dumedepende ang presyo na ibabayad ng nagpadala pero yung pinadalhan, wla ng babayaran...and door to door pa yun. pero there are times na may maliit syang package na pinapadala na registered...dati, dinedeliver sa kin but these past few days, notice na lang dumadating sakin and i had to claim it sa post office. bad trip lang kasi talagang bubuksan nila at hahalukayin yung padala sayo. talk about privacy..di uso sa kanila yun.

[FrankDrebin]

Huwag niyo lang kunin yung services ng Bagua. May free silang isang box for every balikbayan box pero 2-3 months kang maghihintay. The best ang FOREX.

[zechs]

hmm so how about if i import a car? how much will the government tax me for it? can i declare that it's mine? well, it is mine if i already bought it there and not here di ba? or it doesnt work that way?? can you guys shed some light on this? thanks!!

[yebo]

e sa US postal service ko kasi pinadala since it only weighed less than 1/2 pound so need na i-declare. actually they even inspected it before i i can put it in the box. then pag dating sa pinas ayun pinagbayad pa ng tax ermats ko sa post office bago ni-release. b'day gift ko sa ermats ko na perfume and cosmetics ang laman.

ganun din sa dhl, bayad ka tax sa US pero yung babayaran mo na tax included na import duties sa pinas.

[OTO]

hmm so how about if i import a car? how much will the government tax me for it? can i declare that it's mine? well, it is mine if i already bought it there and not here di ba? or it doesnt work that way?? can you guys shed some light on this? thanks!!

You're better off ordering from grey market importers. They have the contacts to process your car w/ little hassle. Not to mention the Customs people will not know who you are. The well established importers could sell you a "clean" imported car with all the papers in order.

If you insist on bringing it in Customs would base the tax levied on their Blue Book guide that stipulates the SRP of all cars abroad. After you paid in full all the taxes you'd need to convince Customs to let it out. They could make the release as fast or slow depending on your disposition.

[van_wilder]

nagiimport po ako ng supplements... ang lagay hindi per item... per container kasi ang dating... depende sa pangangailangan nila...

sa auto naman, sabi ng daddy ko 30-50% minsan nun dapat na babayaran mo na tax... imbis na P500,000 yun tax, P250,000 na lang... yun P100 grand sa kanila, yun remaining yun lang kunwari ang dapat mong bayaran na tax kaya tax-paid pa rin yun auto pero makakatipid ka...

[van_wilder]

pahabol... kahit naglalagay ka... kailangan mo pa rin magbayad ng tax... vice versa... kahit magbayad ka ng tax, kailangan mo maglagay para i-release... hawak nila kasi negosyo mo...

kung personal use, wala naman ata... pero sa auto ibang usapan...

anong imported car kailangan niyo? sabihan niyo lang ako...