Yet another Epic Pine Store fail
(01-28-2021, 11:40 AM)lot378 Wrote:(01-28-2021, 10:38 AM)KNERD Wrote: Are you not reading? I posted a link to a law which CLEARLY states VALUE OF THE ITEM which is over $50USD, not the total paid. I have been doing international imports into Mexico for the past five years from various companies. Had there been no declaration, I could of showed them a receipt paying $30 for the screen and $35 for shipping, and no tax, nor collection fees would have been been due. This has happened on many occasions.
Try opening your mind and reading all the helpful replies that have been made to help you understand.
Mexico's method of calculating duty and tax on imports is the same as every other country: it's based on the transaction. The transaction is the total value of goods and the cost of shipping (insurance if there was any is included in the transaction value) to derive a total value. The total value (CIF) decides what duty and tax is applied.
Your previous packages that you didn't pay any duty/tax on were probably waived through for whatever reason. That happens all the time.
If you had 100x PinePhone LCD screens as separate orders may be 99x of them would be waived.
This time an exception happened, unfortunately.
I get it your mind is closed about this and you have a different opinion - please let us know how this works out in the end?
What part of "value of merchandise" are you failing understand? Paying for shipping and any other fees does not increase the value of any merchandise. I posted the exact law from the government and it seems you not even bothering to read. I think at this point you are just trying to be a troll. I had already mentioned I showed DHL the receipt where I paid the $30 USD for the LCD screen, and shows $35 for shipping. They then called their supervisor to ask about this, and said because the SHIPPER instead declared $65 for the value of the item on the customs form, there is nothing they could do. Sorry, but Pine Store and/or partner company is responsible for the error. They shoudl fix it. I am sure they could contact DHL and have this fixed, but they are not responding.
