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> I also needed to pay ¥11,100 of import duties on it - it didn’t seem to matter that the MacBook was mine. I hate this too. I've sent quite a few things from
by grecy 3y ago
> I also needed to pay ¥11,100 of import duties on it - it didn’t seem to matter that the MacBook was mine.
I hate this too.
I've sent quite a few things from one country to another - from myself, to myself. I own the things, I bought them years ago in the country I'm sending them to, took them in luggage when leaving, but am now sending it snail mail back.
They demand I pay import duties, even when I have receipts showing I own it and bought it years ago in the country they want duties.
I've never been able to get out of it, and I've spent hundreds of hours trying.
- Xenoamorphous 3y agoOr if you buy something from abroad and have to pay import duties, if you return the item you’d think you’d get the duties cost back, but nope.
- rjst01 3y agoThere are ways to do it, but it probably requires an expert in customs law to get the paperwork filed correctly. When I moved from Australia to Sweden I shipped about half a shipping container worth of personal items -clothing, furniture, books, electronics - and I didn't have to pay any import duty apart from a small processing fee.
- justusthane 3y agoMy guess would be that only applies when you’re first moving — at least that was my experience moving from the US to Canada.