[Question] DHL India charges for incoming international shipping.

[Abhishek Shukla]

I have a shipment coming from China (Alibaba). What are these charges apart from import duty and taxes? I would like to know if other have paid these. I have gone through the basic explanation for these, but they still seems excessive for something "costing" rs 5000.

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[Safcr7]

All courier does even Fedex which I say is the worst recently paid custom duty around 23k for a purchase of item Indian Rupees 57k.

 

[Abhishek Shukla]

All courier does even Fedex which I say is the worst recently paid custom duty around 23k for a purchase of item Indian Rupees 57k.

I have bought items upto Rs 2k-3k from China many times, never had to pay any of these charges before. The delivers for those were made by DTDC and India post though.

 

[Safcr7]

All courier does even Fedex which I say is the worst recently paid custom duty around 23k for a purchase of item Indian Rupees 57k.

I have bought items upto Rs 2k-3k from China many times, never had to pay any of these charges before. The delivers for those were made by DTDC and India post though.

Last month I purchased from Alibaba and it was around 36$ so I paid around 2k custom duty.

 

[Abhishek Shukla]

Last month I purchased from Alibaba and it was around 36$ so I paid around 2k custom duty.

Which courier?

 

[kalph09]

Doesn't matter what country it comes from. Items shipped via FedEx and DHL will cost a lot in the name of disbursement fee and IGST.

Here's a break up of an item costing 10k is costlier by 50%.

 

[Safcr7]

Which courier?

Doesn't matter what country it comes from. Items shipped via FedEx and DHL will cost a lot in the name of disbursement fee and IGST.

Here's a break up of an item costing 10k is costlier by 50%.

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What do you get Electronics? Last time with Fedex I charge upto 30% for import.

 

[sauravghosh]

Achhe din charges bhai. Pay them.

 

[Abhishek Shukla]

What do you get Electronics? Last time with Fedex I charge upto 30% for import.

Yes, Electronics.

Doesn't matter what country it comes from. Items shipped via FedEx and DHL will cost a lot in the name of disbursement fee and IGST.

Here's a break up of an item costing 10k is costlier by 50%.

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So no escaping this scam (in all but name). Surprisingly, I have only received an SMS with link and no calls from them. What do they usually do to get you to pay them? Withholding shipment I guess, but I am going to wait for a day or two.

 

[kalph09]

What do you get Electronics? Last time with Fedex I charge upto 30% for import.

Tried to source automatic watches. Luckily it was still cheaper than buying locally.

Yes, Electronics.

So no escaping this scam (in all but name). Surprisingly, I have only received an SMS with link and no calls from them. What do they usually do to get you to pay them? Withholding shipment I guess, but I am going to wait for a day or two.

They would reach you via phone and email. I pay these charges online and submit KYC documents. They do provide the option of paying offline at the time of delivery. You need to inform them when they follow up via phone.

They withhold when KYC documents has a mismatch with the name or address you provide.

 

[Abhishek Shukla]

Tried to source automatic watches. Luckily it was still cheaper than buying locally.



They would reach you via phone and email. I pay these charges online and submit KYC documents. They do provide the option of paying offline at the time of delivery. You need to inform them when they follow up via phone.

They withhold when KYC documents has a mismatch with the name or address you provide.

The KYC thing is another cherry on top. Luckily, they accepted the address proof even though pincode was of different area (The one that I shared with seller works better for deliveries). I suppose they will call me tomorrow.