biwog Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) Hi, while research on the topic I found a link to this forum but as many times I've tried, the forum search is yielding 0 results. (Maybe a technical issue) I recently bought an electronics device from Japan and it was just delivered. But on another item from the US I had to pay almost 2000 baht. So if I buy a synth for around 1000U$ from Australia how do I estimate what and if I have to pay any import? Kind regards Biwog Edited December 1, 2020 by biwog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 It all how you ship it over here, if it's declared in full value it will be flagged down by the custom, if it comes in with say, 200-300 value on it, shouldn't be too much of a hassle, refrain from using DHL or FedEX if you can ship it EMS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks for the reply. 11 minutes ago, ezzra said: refrain from using DHL Damn, that company does DHL only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Frobisher Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Can you buy the same device on Amazon US? I buy a lot of stuff from them, and they now estimate the duty based on your delivery address before you buy and add it to the price. IF they manage to get the item through without Customs looking at it, they refund the money to your credit card. At first I thought it was a bit of a scam but went along with it, and to my surprise on all but 1 of the the last 7 shipments from the US they have dutifully refunded me the Customs money they took on the purchase after a couple of weeks. And the duty is never MORE than what they estimated. Seems to be an automated process. I guess they are so big now that even Customs officers give Amazon boxes some respect. I even had a 1 cent credit to my Amex card last week because the online price had changed by 1 cent between the time I made the purchase and the time they charged me. One other thing: their supply chain logistics are now so good that generally if I order on Friday it's delivered Monday morning. Brick and mortar stores don't stand a chance against this kind of efficiency in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Dont use a courier of any description if it can be avoided. Not only will you pay duty you may also be charged a processing fee. If its possible use the Post Office services. There are online calculators for duty etc, one is shown in the pinned topic at the top of this forum, that will provide a guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundown Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 33 minutes ago, Buffy Frobisher said: Can you buy the same device on Amazon US? I buy a lot of stuff from them, and they now estimate the duty based on your delivery address before you buy and add it to the price. IF they manage to get the item through without Customs looking at it, they refund the money to your credit card. At first I thought it was a bit of a scam but went along with it, and to my surprise on all but 1 of the the last 7 shipments from the US they have dutifully refunded me the Customs money they took on the purchase after a couple of weeks. And the duty is never MORE than what they estimated. Seems to be an automated process. I guess they are so big now that even Customs officers give Amazon boxes some respect. I even had a 1 cent credit to my Amex card last week because the online price had changed by 1 cent between the time I made the purchase and the time they charged me. One other thing: their supply chain logistics are now so good that generally if I order on Friday it's delivered Monday morning. Brick and mortar stores don't stand a chance against this kind of efficiency in the long term. Unfortunately I was given a 200$ gift card for Amazon so I had to use it and ship items here in Thailand. Of those 200$ I ordered stuff for 120$ the rest was used for duties already paid to Amazon at checkout. I would never order from Amazon and ship to Thailand it's such a rip off. This is my experience though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 46 minutes ago, Buffy Frobisher said: Can you buy the same device on Amazon US? Unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, CharlieH said: There are online calculators for duty etc, one is shown in the pinned topic at the top of this forum, that will provide a guide. Thanks a lot. The simplyduty one yielded a reasonable result after I supplied the HS code of a similar device. Edited December 1, 2020 by biwog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1066 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 18 hours ago, Buffy Frobisher said: Can you buy the same device on Amazon US? I buy a lot of stuff from them, and they now estimate the duty based on your delivery address before you buy and add it to the price. IF they manage to get the item through without Customs looking at it, they refund the money to your credit card. At first I thought it was a bit of a scam but went along with it, and to my surprise on all but 1 of the the last 7 shipments from the US they have dutifully refunded me the Customs money they took on the purchase after a couple of weeks. And the duty is never MORE than what they estimated. Seems to be an automated process. I guess they are so big now that even Customs officers give Amazon boxes some respect. I even had a 1 cent credit to my Amex card last week because the online price had changed by 1 cent between the time I made the purchase and the time they charged me. One other thing: their supply chain logistics are now so good that generally if I order on Friday it's delivered Monday morning. Brick and mortar stores don't stand a chance against this kind of efficiency in the long term. Trouble is, they've started adding import duty charges to items that would never attract any import duty. I asked them why they were adding these charges to orders that came to less than ฿1,500 including delivery, and I got the usual scripted pidgin English replies, the gist of which was that I had no need to worry as they would refund me in 180 days. Absolute morons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wongkitlo Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 12:08 PM, biwog said: Hi, while research on the topic I found a link to this forum but as many times I've tried, the forum search is yielding 0 results. (Maybe a technical issue) I recently bought an electronics device from Japan and it was just delivered. But on another item from the US I had to pay almost 2000 baht. So if I buy a synth for around 1000U$ from Australia how do I estimate what and if I have to pay any import? Kind regards Biwog Is it new or second hand? If it is second hand it is hard to value it. Customs wouldn't know the difference between a cheap keyboard or a synth. Maybe a friendly shop owner could give you a lower valuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Wongkitlo said: Is it new or second hand? It's brand new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfsailor Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 10% duty on the cost of the synthesizer plus shipping. Plus 7% VAT on all of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wongkitlo Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, biwog said: It's brand new Nice. I was going to try and sell you my Roland Juno G ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 In the end I paid around 1.500 Baht. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Oh. Wrong machine. I paid 1.500 for another one that was 220 US$ including shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biwog Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 7:23 AM, Wongkitlo said: Nice. I was going to try and sell you my Roland Juno G ???? 555 That looks amazing but don't know if I'd be able to play that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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