Message from @transience

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2017-09-04 15:29:51 UTC  

they check almost everything that comes from china

2017-09-04 15:30:11 UTC  

i was too much of a pussy to shop my paypal payment though

2017-09-04 15:30:18 UTC  

the smaller the packet the easier it is to get around customs

2017-09-04 15:30:34 UTC  

yeah but even then

2017-09-04 15:30:51 UTC  

its hard to jew the custom jew

2017-09-04 15:31:25 UTC  

to be fair, only my gearbest purchases ever got to customs

2017-09-04 15:31:40 UTC  

3/3 on gb, 0/20 from ali

2017-09-04 15:32:14 UTC  

I've had a package overvalued and it was over the threshold

2017-09-04 15:32:49 UTC  

The seller paid the $180 fees, I felt kind of bad for him since it was meant to be $240

2017-09-04 15:33:05 UTC  

theres always the risk of the power that be holding on to your package if its undervalued and they smell the shekel

2017-09-04 15:33:10 UTC  

id rather do it all legit tbh

2017-09-04 15:33:26 UTC  

the item's price was $240

2017-09-04 15:34:00 UTC  

Could the chinks fake an invoice or would customs want a bank statement?

2017-09-04 15:34:44 UTC  

here they just wanted a screenshot of the purchase from ebay

2017-09-04 15:34:54 UTC  

so it could easily been fixed with

2017-09-04 15:35:02 UTC  

they can fake it but ask yourself if it's even worth it

2017-09-04 15:35:09 UTC  

I was an honest guy back then, so just took the bill

2017-09-04 15:35:35 UTC  

It's worth it

2017-09-04 15:36:44 UTC  

@sludge I thought about faking my proof of payment, but figured it wasnt worth 7€ i would have saved vs. 600€ potential fine for fraud

2017-09-04 15:37:01 UTC  

you can almost take for granted that they will write $20 on the box and not leave a receipt inside

2017-09-04 15:37:06 UTC  

ask them if unsure

2017-09-04 15:37:32 UTC  

I've never had an instance where that wasn't the case though

2017-09-04 15:37:32 UTC  

its not usualy worth the jailtime

2017-09-04 15:39:20 UTC  

The fees here are $50 +15% of (purchase + shipping) if (purchase + shipping) is over $40

2017-09-04 15:39:32 UTC  

so $400 becoms $510

2017-09-04 15:40:31 UTC  

15% without admin fee?

2017-09-04 15:40:43 UTC  

admin fee is $50

2017-09-04 15:40:47 UTC  

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2017-09-04 15:40:58 UTC  

I thought it was bad with parcelforce's £9

2017-09-04 15:41:10 UTC  

I don't mind paying the tax

2017-09-04 15:41:12 UTC  

customs workers gotta get paid

2017-09-04 15:41:19 UTC  

it's the admin fee that makes lower value items not worth it

2017-09-04 15:42:02 UTC  

So for me undervaluing things that are under 400 is pointless anyway

2017-09-04 15:42:10 UTC  

And I'm rarely buying things over 400

2017-09-04 15:51:54 UTC  

Jesus Christ

2017-09-04 15:52:00 UTC  

Living in third would country must suck

2017-09-04 15:52:43 UTC  

BTW, me and another csg are meeting up in Taipei this week if anyone local wants to jump in

2017-09-04 15:55:28 UTC  

It would suck

2017-09-04 15:56:51 UTC  

@kaetaa will you review each other's gf?

2017-09-04 16:11:26 UTC  

isn't china technically thirdworld

2017-09-04 16:12:31 UTC  

gulag says its second world