Options to get stuff shipped from China...Lets discuss

guest_999 said:
How much customs/extra you paid & whether it was paid upfront or need to pay at the time of delivery?
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I've never paid customs for anything coming from China/Malaysia/Indonesia/Singapore through the post office for orders on eBay, Banggood or Etsy. The checkout price is the only amount I paid. The smallest order was this one at $3 something, and the largest order was something from Etsy for $150.

I was charged customs on paper (I mean I bought exotic writing parchment) from Hong Kong with FedEx and Japan with DHL. I was also charged for anything coming from the west, whether UK or US, courier or regular post. Also, orders that came through the post office from Germany were never charged customs either (all of my Makerbeam stuff — search the forum).

So I look for stuff that ships through the post office and have avoided package forwarders or couriers for most of the stuff I want to get.
 
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buzz88 said:
Btw the other day someone mentioned Devilo on some thread here, and I found this on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RepFamIndia/comments/1fm86wl/guide_using_delivo_as_a_freight_forwarder

Has anyone used this service? How was the experience?
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Guide is sorta outdated. Their discord server might be coming up soon too so should be easier to ask doubts there. Right now whatsapp is just too big of a headache to use as a platform. Even telegram is better.
I'm deep enough into the r/reptime rabbithole now.

rsaeon said:
I've never paid customs for anything coming from China/Malaysia/Indonesia/Singapore through the post office for orders on eBay, Banggood or Etsy. The checkout price is the only amount I paid. The smallest order was this one at $3 something, and the largest order was something from Etsy for $150.

I was charged customs on paper (I mean I bought exotic writing parchment) from Hong Kong with FedEx and Japan with DHL. I was also charged for anything coming from the west, whether UK or US, courier or regular post. Also, orders that came through the post office from Germany were never charged customs either (all of my Makerbeam stuff — search the forum).

So I look for stuff that ships through the post office and have avoided package forwarders or couriers for most of the stuff I want to get.
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Yeah if it's mostly small tech stuff, it's fine. Prior to covid, I bought a used xeon processor from china and it came with no problem or customs. It depends on the country as well though. From what I can tell, certain countries with free trade agreements (I could be completely wrong), don't tend to get charged customs either unless it's a luxury product.

It also fluctuates on the evaluating officer's mood too lol.
 
Rezep said:
Guide is sorta outdated. Their discord server might be coming up soon too so should be easier to ask doubts there. Right now whatsapp is just too big of a headache to use as a platform. Even telegram is better.
I'm deep enough into the r/reptime rabbithole now.


Yeah if it's mostly small tech stuff, it's fine. Prior to covid, I bought a used xeon processor from china and it came with no problem or customs. It depends on the country as well though. From what I can tell, certain countries with free trade agreements (I could be completely wrong), don't tend to get charged customs either unless it's a luxury product.

It also fluctuates on the evaluating officer's mood too lol.
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Does FTA also applies to order from individuals? I thought it's only for govt and corporations
 
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