Pretty Please Customs.... Dont Open This :p

[Sharrivz]

Our wonderful flavour list that I posted about Gizmo and I getting... Yeah there's been a clearance delay... EEK!

 

[Melinda]

Well it could one of two things, 1. is that they want to see if vat is payable (anything under R500) does not get charged vat. 2. they want to check the package (this is the bad one) so hope for number 1

 

[Sharrivz]

yeah Im cool with Vat payable I really dont mind that I just reeeally dont want them to open it its probably Vat and Im probably just paranoid for nothing but still hehe

 

[Melinda]

I understand I get like that every time I've got something at customs

 

[CraftyZA]

In the next few days i will have 100mg nic at customs. If they open that, i'm done for!
That is the reason I rather pay double shipping and 2 invoices by splitting nic from other stuff. If they take the nicotine, they tend to take the other stuff as well.

 

[Sharrivz]

yea ours is 236mg :/ they were instructed to mark it as something else though so we will see... will be very peeved if they open it

 

[TylerD]

Good luck guys. Just hope it makes it through.

 

[Sharrivz]

just got off the phone with Fedex - apparently its been stopped by border control they said it should get cleared though eeeek

 

[Sharrivz]

So an update.... Spoke to Fedex today and apparently it has been sent through for health inspection or something like this - the word health was mentioned though... SIGH!!!!

 

[Derick]

 

[Sharrivz]

Double

 

[CraftyZA]

Damn! Gonna happen with mine as well. I bought stronger nicotine, but lower qty than yours.
Here's me hoping for the best still.

 

[Riaz]

Well it could one of two things, 1. is that they want to see if vat is payable (anything under R500) does not get charged vat. 2. they want to check the package (this is the bad one) so hope for number 1

i dont think this is entirely correct- re the no vat on under R500.00

ive got two bottles of Liqua that just arrived at the cape mail hub today, and the vat on there is R20.43

the total vat and duties = R60.89

which means that i could have rather bought the Liqua locally and saved myself the time of waiting for it to get here

 

[CraftyZA]

What was the cost for the liqua? Curious to see what the tax percentage is. Planning to buy some Boba's Bounty end of the month.

 

[Riaz]

the liqua was $5.61 each.

so the two bottles came to about R120.00, now plus R60.00 = R180.00

might as well bought it locally for R20.00 more

 

[Gizmo]

What ML where they?

 

[CraftyZA]

looks like 16% then. The rest is just clearing fees. I pay that often when i buy from dealextreme or focal price.

 

[Riaz]

What ML where they?

R30ml

 

[Riaz]

looks like 16% then. The rest is just clearing fees. I pay that often when i buy from dealextreme or focal price.

here is the breakdown from cape mail hub:

customs dues R22.46
vat R20.43
clearance fee R18.00
TOTAL R60.89

 

[Derick]

It's going to depend on what code they used when they declared it to customs - so the "Customs dues" could vary depending on what they used.

There is no code for e-liquid, so they have to use something else

 

[Melinda]

i dont think this is entirely correct- re the no vat on under R500.00

ive got two bottles of Liqua that just arrived at the cape mail hub today, and the vat on there is R20.43

the total vat and duties = R60.89

which means that i could have rather bought the Liqua locally and saved myself the time of waiting for it to get here

I had stuff come through with TNT and asked them that I did not pay vat and was contacted to do so, and they said under R500 no vat...weird

 

[Riaz]

i requested FT to list it as essential oils, they then replied to say they mark all the packages as 'gifts' and label them as replacement parts.

so how customs arrives at their codes is beyond me- bare in mind i have been importing juice many times before (maybe 4 months now) and never been charged vat or duties on juice before.

i think its all about how that official feels on that day

 

[Derick]

i think its all about how that official feels on that day

This is definitely the biggest part of it - we've had packages come through customs in a matter of minutes and other's that were opened, damaged (sometimes it looks like it was done on purpose) and kept for 2 weeks before sent through

 

[CraftyZA]

It's going to depend on what code they used when they declared it to customs - so the "Customs dues" could vary depending on what they used.

There is no code for e-liquid, so they have to use something else

Ideally, it should fall under the same code. Ie, "8543.70.9"

 

[Derick]

Yep, but fasttech for example won't send it like that, because they are scared it will get seized