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For the amusement of Americans
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 1:56 pm
by NickS
An example of taxes importing from abroad...
Import charges on $404.77 = $108.79
I'd be mad to buy it that way when Thomann.de sell them so much cheaper.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:45 pm
by jcyphe
That's crazy.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:33 pm
by singlepup
Le sigh... as an American living abroad (on an island nation with hefty import taxes), I perhaps feel your pain more than anyone else here. While guitar browsing online, I constantly find myself muttering, how much is that going to cost in total?! But I could get it for xx less at home!!
I have to keep reminding myself that I am, in fact, very far from home.
My only consolation is that Taiwan's importation laws are somewhat lax. I have received guitar parts from abroad through the mail duty free. Rumor has it that if a forumite were to send me a guitar "neck off" and marked as guitar parts, the package might slip through customs untaxed. However, forget about an assembled guitar shipped from a reseller or proper eBayer. I'll be paying through the nose. Worse yet, sometimes large packages here are held at customs for no apparent reason for weeks on end...