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Subject: [Leica] Shipment from Overseas
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:41:20 -0400
References: <AANLkTinTCV_CLseWfpWxkzpZ4WXVhHiz6T6Mt01iGVae@mail.gmail.com>

You can't insure a gift.  So that option is usually out.  I've 
received packages from numerous countries and never had any extra 
charges or taxes or custom problems.

Chris

At 03:07 PM 10/12/2010, you wrote:
>LUG -
>
>Arne is getting ready to ship my DMR and R9 using my FedEx account.  How is
>customs handled in a case like this?  Does FedEx handle getting the package
>through customs?  Can you get around paying customs duty by saying it's a
>gift?  Not that I want to cheat the government or anything, but they get
>enough of my money now!!
>
>Tina
>
>--
>Tina Manley, ASMP
>www.tinamanley
>
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Chris Saganich MS, CPH
Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York Presbyterian Hospital
chs2018 at med.cornell.edu
http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/
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