• MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Your purchase receipt is the commercial invoice. I self clear all the time when dealing with DHL.

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      8 days ago

      Hey this is a late reply, but what do you do when it’s not a commercial purchase? My mother insists on sending me packages from abroad through UPS and I get screwed with duty. Any ideas how to self clear this?

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        7 days ago

        As far as I’m aware, only new items are charged import fees. She should have the purchase receipt. Used items are just processed like regular mail; could be wrong on that though.

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          5 days ago

          Unfortunately no that’s not true. Even if duty is not owed, GST is still charged (based on the declared value) as I found out yesterday. $3.50 in GST $38 in brokerage fees added on by UPS. Fuck these guys, it’s predatory.