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fusion008 · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Hi, i want to get a PSP Value Pack and Ridge Racers because im pretty impatient, how much import tax do you pay if you bought from lik sang in the UK?

Thanks in Advance :)

Mawdsley · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 47 Location: UK

I got it with RR and Vampire Chronicle. This was also at the height of the price gouging. From Play-Asia with TNT shipping I had to pay �86.37.

pdc · Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:54 am Post subject:

�86 is pretty steep...

GameChoice.com.hk will mark down the value of the PSP and mark the item as a 'repair'. This is an attractive proposition for the poor amongst us :)

Mawdsley · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 47 Location: UK

weak · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 114 Location: Vienna, Austria

86 is indeed crazy.

i have to pay no tax for games when they're send via normal airmail. when i use ups i do have to pay even for games, last time about 10 � or something for one game.

airmail is amazingly fast for me so i stick with that (i had my bad experiences too, but overall it's the better choice imho).

MarfPSP · Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 27

�75 for me, got mine at release too, from Lik-Sang delivered by UPS.

They asked for payment on the door.

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

i had to pay 50� for my psp import (i live in austria)

fusion008 · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

wenmi · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 9

it was only a valuepack. i think it was declared as 300$ or something.

i ordered some games at liksang later and nearly never had to pay for customs. only once. it was about 15 or 20 � (pretty much compared to the price of a game)

Deaddreamer · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

I managed to get my PSP through customs without paying any taxes. Declared it as a gift and made the seller set the value of the package at a lower price. Not proud of it, but custom in Norway demand 25% import taxes + custom fees. That is just to much.
Would have had to pay something like $100. (on a PSP and game).

fusion008 · Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Deaddreamer · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

Bought it from a guy on Ebay.com.
A warning:
I have done this kind of things many times and saved a lot of money.
But, it is not fool proof. Sometimes it gets stoped anywho. And customs demand their part.

One thing, if you do buy through ebay, doing so. Declare as a gift, reduced price at the package,
you have to remember to to make the sender not put any paper in the package saying the products price.
Even doing all this, you might not get away with it. Customs can demand seeing a copy of your payment. Like bank transfer, Paypal transfer, or something like that.
What I have experienced is that it does not seem that the package gets stopped that easy buying from Asia. May be something with the currency. I don't know.
Through Ebay, I have bought things from Asia 9 times. Never stoped by customs. But when from the USA. It's something like 20-25% chance it gets stoped.
(This is ONLY MY experience).

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