Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12

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Subject: [Leica] Shipment from Overseas
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:12:33 -0700
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US Custom is relatively low. I don't know the exact rates but I have never
gotten levy of more than $100, even on packages that are worth $10K or more
(this is for business stuff, not camera equipments :-) ).

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
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
>
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> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley
>
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Replies: Reply from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] Shipment from Overseas)
In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Shipment from Overseas)