Got tax charge from d COURIER of items i bought on ebay!
By jhoannejoj
@jhoannejoj (963)
Philippines
April 26, 2009 6:16am CST
Days ago I posted a discussion of my not so good first transaction I had at ebay. What makes everything worse was I received just last friday a bill from international courier charging me of taxes for the shipment of my items. I bought an item from outside the country through online. Those are just personal accessories and I was furious with the tax charge cost, 25% of the declared value i guess. Oh, I felt so dissatisfied at all with my first purchase online across the board. I can actually buy those items lesser on physical stores here in my country. Its my fault I guess because I did not have knowledge about shipping tax. A friend advised me that a postal carrier is better and cheaper at all though it will take longer days. Guess I learned a good lesson on online purchasing. Are you aware of tax charge from a courier of international items you buy abroad?
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2 responses
@savypat (20216)
• United States
26 Apr 09
No I didn't think about that I'm glad you told us so that I can add it into the cost if I order outside the country. We all learned something from your experience. Thanks
@jhoannejoj (963)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Oh yeah, I actually did. It just make me furious when I received that separate bill which was for the tax considering that the shipping fee i paid was really expensive. I will advise you to use the postal courier, my friend did not had to pay tax using it. Thanks for the response.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
26 Apr 09
Oh we get things cheaper if we buy from Fed Ex. or a courier if we get something from the States (live in Canada) Our postal service really charges us. But I notice that things that we buy from the States are more expensive now. I thought it was the dollar change. I did not know it was the shipping rates. I guess I will have to be careful what I get.
