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Post by JOHNREVO on Oct 5, 2005 8:43:55 GMT 8
Hello minna-san. I had a BIG PROBLEM yesterday. Hope everyone will give me some advice. I order Gundam Strike Freedom and Destiny Gundam from Japan to my friend working in Tokyo. He bought the items last month and deliver it via "snail mail", he never know that EMS service is fast and more accurate because its the 1st time he send package here in the Philippines. And he pay all the tax and the shipping cost. Last monday, there's a notice came to my office saying there's a package arrived yesterday. I know that's my stuff that came from Japan. So i went there during break, when i got in that place i go to Window 1 which is where all the packages store. I gave my IDs for verification. Then he get my item inside the room. When he got my item, he opened it just for inspection...burara pa nga eh.. mukhang tinamaan yung box ng cutter eh. Anyway, after he opened it checked the item. He called his some sort of boss blah, blah, blah. And told him it's a toy. Oohh.. so? Then the boss told me this "Eto ba yung binubuo? Magkano ba dito itong toy na ito?" "Sabi ko around 1.5k sir" then he sit to his chair and do some computation. Then after a few minutes, he gave me this unofficial receipt but i didn't pay him for a while. When i saw the receipt, there's a lot of payables to pay. And i had to pay P1,400 for the items. I stunned. I thought i should pay for about a hundred or two plus 30 pesos. Di ko muna kinuha kasi biglaan eh. Dala ko lang is around 300. They give me 1 month. Sabi ko balikan ko na lang itong item when i get the money. . d**n. Anyway, anyone experience like this one? Or ganito talaga ang price nya pag dumating yung item galing sa ibang bansa? Please i need your help.....  Ive scanned the receipt for the reference.  |
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Post by genocide on Oct 5, 2005 9:18:48 GMT 8
dude! kelangan mei koneksyon ka sa loob... ive experienced the same problem when i bought a bootleg macross toy... i was charged 1,000 pesos... mga lacoste kc ung mga tao jan sa customs... and dapat mo lang bayaran jan is 30php...
ung uncle ko mei koneksyon sa post office d2 las pinas... 7000 ung charge sakanya ng customs... 7000 pesos!!!!!!! kc ung laman ng package DVD player, GBA, basta madami pati jewelries... pero nung nagpatulong na ung uncle ko sa kakilala nya ang binayaran nya lang 45pesos... kung wla ka kakilala, wla ka na tlagang choice... dapat door to door delivery nlang, mahirap kausap yang mga tga post office...
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Post by SEELE01 on Oct 5, 2005 9:56:46 GMT 8
Maybe we can ask Malvin if that's a real computation for custom taxes.
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Post by JOHNREVO on Oct 5, 2005 10:08:58 GMT 8
Cge, thanks a lot. I'll PM him.
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Post by matttracker on Oct 5, 2005 10:09:41 GMT 8
Naku, makiki sabat na rin ako dito...I bought a Takara Optimus Prime 20th Anniv, Red Alert and Smoke Screen from www.bigbadtoystore.com via the internet. Binayaran ko yun via credit card. Then, 2 weeks later, dumating nga via EMS pero final notice na binigay. Nuong pinuntahan ko siya, siningil nila ako 100% nuong value (P12K)...anak nang ***** talaga, inaway ko sila kaso eh singkapal nang simedarby mga mukha nuon...ayun, hinde ko na alam nangyari...isang taon na nakalipas, pero la pa rin nagagawa...baka meron nga may alam how to help people like us...bakit pati wala sila ceiling or matrix of the prices for goods like these? Kaya naman humihirap ang Pinas eh...I sympathize with you, jcab@nime! |
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Post by Peace on Oct 5, 2005 10:29:33 GMT 8
Hirap na ba sila ngayon? Charging the same cost as the item itself? Anyway, 30 pesos lang dapat. Kahit na galing sa Tibet pa yan. In your case, it's a lose-lose situation. If you get it, you'll lose money; leave it, and they'll enjoy it for you. Was it indicated as a "gift"? Makiusap ka na lang....ok na yung 300 mo. That's if you're agreeable to "under the table" sort of thing.
Peace
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Post by patacat on Oct 5, 2005 10:42:51 GMT 8
this almost happened to me once. i was at the post office wait to pick up my item. there was a guy ahead of me who had a package delivered from pampangga. take note pampangga lng ha. the contents were a pair of brand new slippers, a plastic fishing toy and some bundled clothing (probably a gift for his kid or something). then the guy computed the taxes etc. and came up asking the guy for 1k!!! th eguy was furious. kc nga naman the stuff he was to pick did not even cost more than php500. when it was my turn i was sweating like a pig kc i knew the item i was to pick up cost around 2K so pano p kaya d b? thank god that my package didn't have the item's price on it and i played dumb on how much i spent. they let me off by just paying the php30 pick up fee.
that got me to thinking that maybe all this is just a hoax or something to get some extra cash for their pockets. i mean if the government really required us to pay for extra charges then they wouldn't be letting some of us go free without paying much since that would mean they would be paying for us. am i not right? hahanapan sila ng pera eh, kun talagang kelangan magbayad ng charges.
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Post by Shin Getter P on Oct 5, 2005 10:45:39 GMT 8
Oh man, what a load of crap!!! I only had to pay P10 for the SOCs that I bought from various countries.  SGP |
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Post by mojacko on Oct 5, 2005 10:46:39 GMT 8
sad to say talaga naghihirap na ata ang Pilipinas pati TOY package pinapatulan ng TAX!!! stup!d!!! anyway d best way paki-usapan mo na lang un officer tutal tao din naman yan...kaya paki usapan yan...malay mo masilaw sa 300...e di panalo!!! heheheh...basta keep ur cool....kulitin mo lang...kamo luma na yan!!! hehehehe.....worst kapag ayaw....tawag mo sa media ....para mabulatlat kalokohan nila!!! cheers!!!
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Post by JOHNREVO on Oct 5, 2005 10:46:55 GMT 8
Yup, actually kausap ko sa YM ngayon itong nagpadala sa akin and he said nakalagay sa box na "2 TOYS, NOT FOR SALE" He considered it as a gift. Galit na galit nga rin sya for what happened eh...sa custom natin ha.
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Post by Ryu on Oct 5, 2005 10:53:09 GMT 8
Bullsh*t customs.
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Post by galagast on Oct 5, 2005 10:55:34 GMT 8
d**n, the next time Im sending that package, I wont send it through snail mail... I feel that its all my fault in the first place (I forgot to send it through EMS, and thought that I could TRUST the Philippine Post Office)... I mean, OK! wow the package got there all right, but why the h*** would they charge it that much!? This is just very frustrating... im really sorry for venting my anger here, I just thought that it would be a good warning for other guys who wants to send something to the philippines... jcab, my apoplogies  the package was sent as a "gift"... I believe they dont have a right to pump the price that high... well, this is a lesson learned... and it will be remembered  edit: hindi nakasulat ung "not for sale" dun jcab, the service lady just asked me if i was sending it as a gift... and i said yes... |
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Post by JOHNREVO on Oct 5, 2005 11:06:08 GMT 8
Hello Galagast! Hehehe! Buti na lang at nabasa mo itong section na ito. Oo nga pala guys, he's the one who sent the package from Japan. Welcome to GT Galagast. ;D
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Post by Peace on Oct 5, 2005 11:07:26 GMT 8
To Jcab: Never declare any value for your item. Even if they ask you a hundred times. Maintain your ignorance and just tell them it's a gift.
Peace
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Post by r2d2t2 on Oct 5, 2005 11:17:12 GMT 8
na-tax na sa japan tpos ta-tax ka pa uli d2?! that's Bullnuts! dapat jan sa mga yan isumbong eh!
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