Dario 596 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) Lat Friday June 6 at 16:51 Thai time I ordered and paid a Wilson tennis raquet from Amazon.com. I ordered from my secluded location out in the sticks. A little over 2 days later the item has already arrived in Bangkok at the UPS center, it went through customs at 01:44 this morning. Blazing fast, I must say. Although promised delivery date is June 12, it will only be delivered to me this Thursday. Still amazingly fast! Edited July 9, 2018 by Dario 2 Link to post Share on other sites
dabhand 2,499 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Sounds like you ordered the Sam Groth raquet!! Guess you also meant to write July...... Link to post Share on other sites
Dario 596 Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, dabhand said: Sounds like you ordered the Sam Groth raquet!! Guess you also meant to write July...... Sorry, yes, I meant July. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammbock 807 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I notice that the import tax is quite high on Amazon orders. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post piewarmer 485 Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 Don't support Amazon, nasty exploiters of the poor 12 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Berkshire 16,454 Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, Lammbock said: I notice that the import tax is quite high on Amazon orders. Yes, I hope the OP reports back on how much the customs folks will need to release his package. Customs will customarily (in a manner of speaking) get their pound of flesh for items purchased online. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post impulse 20,652 Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, Lammbock said: I notice that the import tax is quite high on Amazon orders. Partly, the reason is that Amazon seems to declare the goodies legally and honestly. A lot of the vendors on other sites seem eager to declare the items as "gifts" or declare a low value. Also, keep in mind that it's a customs deposit. If they don't use it all, there will be a refund of the excess. I have received the refund on several orders, but not on all of them. It's never been a big refund, so I always count on the money being gone, and it's a pleasant surprise when I get a little back. Which can take a month or so... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
BEVUP 1,717 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Berkshire said: Yes, I hope the OP reports back on how much the customs folks will need to release his package. Customs will customarily (in a manner of speaking) get their pound of flesh for items purchased online. Does Thailand make tennis rackets ? If no, this customs charging is a joke The idea of IT is to protect an industry in one's country against cheaper imports of the same product It's like with steel, does Thailand make that 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mattd 2,289 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Berkshire said: Yes, I hope the OP reports back on how much the customs folks will need to release his package. Customs will customarily (in a manner of speaking) get their pound of flesh for items purchased online. If it is being delivered via a means that uses the global shipping program, then all the customs payment is made at the time of ordering, the duties are normally an overestimate and Amazon will refund if it is less. Edited July 9, 2018 by Mattd 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Berkshire 16,454 Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mattd said: If it is being delivered via a means that uses the global shipping program, then all the customs payment is made at the time of ordering, the duties are normally an overestimate and Amazon will refund if it is less. Interesting. If this is the case, Amazon may be a reasonable shopping option in Thailand afterall. I've refrained from ordering from Amazon precisely for this reason. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey346 1,240 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Lammbock said: I notice that the import tax is quite high on Amazon orders. I frequently order from Amazon and don't find the import tax to be out of the ordinary. In fact, Amazon returns funds when they over estimate the import charges. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mattd 2,289 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Berkshire said: Interesting. If this is the case, Amazon may be a reasonable shopping option in Thailand afterall. I've refrained from ordering from Amazon precisely for this reason. You need to make sure that the item being ordered can be shipped this way, then when you check out you pay the cost of the item, shipping and duties with nothing to pay upon delivery, things seem to go through customs a lot faster as well, does need to be less than 40,000 THB though, otherwise you need to register with customs. Items such as computers are a good buy, as you only pay the 7% VAT. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey346 1,240 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Berkshire said: Yes, I hope the OP reports back on how much the customs folks will need to release his package. Customs will customarily (in a manner of speaking) get their pound of flesh for items purchased online. If the OP used the Global Shipping option, there are no additional Thai Customs costs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bob12345 6,277 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Berkshire said: Interesting. If this is the case, Amazon may be a reasonable shopping option in Thailand afterall. I've refrained from ordering from Amazon precisely for this reason. Not too long ago, maybe last month, there was the news (or was it just an advertizement) that this was just introduced. In the past you could already order on Amazon, but it might have resulted in importing fees and customs trouble, or sellers just didnt ship to Thailand. With this recent change you can get much more items here and the import taxes are fairly accurate depicted on Amazon already leaving less surprises. Link to post Share on other sites
Mattd 2,289 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Just now, Bob12345 said: Not too long ago, maybe last month, there was the news (or was it just an advertizement) that this was just introduced. In the past you could already order on Amazon, but it might have resulted in importing fees and customs trouble, or sellers just didnt ship to Thailand. With this recent change you can get much more items here and the import taxes are fairly accurate depicted on Amazon already leaving less surprises. I've ordered stuff on Amazon this way for at least 3 years now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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