custom fees

system · July 28, 2011, 4:08am

I plan to buy the hardcopy, but has anybody been dinged with custom fees? If so, where are you from and how much was it?

Loup_Fenrir · July 28, 2011, 9:27am

30€ in France

nutshell · July 28, 2011, 1:50pm

ask ur local UPS office as they are aware of the custom fees , in some countries , educational books are custom fees free.

system · July 30, 2011, 11:46pm

In uk , educational books are exempt. Initially UPS charged me but then I got a full refund from HM Revenue & customs.

towardsutopia21 · July 31, 2011, 3:34pm

@Internal Auditor - how to get the refund from HMRC ?

sgupta0827 · July 31, 2011, 5:20pm

I registered in USA for a center in USA and ordering the books on USA address. Why should I pay custom fee? Doesn’t make any sense to me.

system · July 31, 2011, 9:46pm

@ towardsutopia, I just checked again. I got a refund from UPS , who I believe got a refund from HMRC. So my advise would be to speak to UPS

bluesman · August 1, 2011, 1:40pm

My L2 books showed up this morning (in London) and I was not charged any kind of customs fees. Same thing for when I ordered the L1 books in January. I do get the feeling that it’s a bit of a lucky draw though. If the postman handling your package at the depot thinks he can get some money out of you then he’ll probably try to.

telljimmy · August 1, 2011, 1:48pm

got mine this morning. all I paid is $700 to CFAI. nothing after that. live in UK.

krazykanuck · August 1, 2011, 8:51pm

sgupta0827 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I registered in USA for a center in USA and > ordering the books on USA address. Why should I > pay custom fee? Doesn’t make any sense to me. You won’t pay any customs fees if they’re mailed to a US address.