Scisca said:
Guys, I want to import Danganronpa and Mind=0 from www.videogamesplus.ca as both games combined will cost 5 Euro more than an imported copy of Mind=0 alone, when bought from an importer in Poland ;) Also the imported copies already count as sold for the publishers, so my purchase will add one extra copy sold :D Questions - how much does it cost to ship to EU? What are the risks of paying custom duties? The games cost $80 in total.
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I think shipping in this case would be 7,49C$ for the cheapest option.
As far as I am aware, videogamesplus mark down the value for the customs declaration (best would be to ask them when you order, or ask beforehand if they do, since it's been a long time since I ordered there), so there's a good chance that you don't have to pay, but at least in Germany they sometimes will hold back packages even if they are correctly declared, and in that case you'd have to proove the item's value with some sort of reciept (bank account statement, payment invoice), which would mean that you'd have to pay whatever your country wants for items with a value of 87,47C$ (or maybe only 79,98C$, depending on wether your country charges customs/import tax on the price of the products only and not the price thats printed on the invoice).
In Germany, this would mean that you'd have to pay 19% (import tax) of the current € equivalent of 87,47C$, since this would amount to over 23€ but would be under 150€, meaning you only have to pay import tax, not customs (which would add another 19%). Again, this is only for Germany, and I sadly don't know how it works in other countries.
Also, if VGP indeed mark down the value, there's a good possibility that they'll declare the item as a gift, which would mean that different rules are in place (in Germany, you'd only have to pay tax if the value is more than 40€ instead of 23€, for example). This would mean it could slip by easier.
But, again, some packages get caught up seemingly at random. I've had a Sega Saturn (declared as a gift, described as a video games console from Japan with a value of 0,01$) slip through, even though the declaration was ridiculously understated, but had a game caught up that I had payed 13,99$ for (and that was declared as such). You really never know.
If I were you, I'd be prepared to pay. Look up what you'd have to pay if they charge you tax/customs for the full price (incl. shipping) and if you are willing to pay that for the games, buy them. Doing this, you won't be blindsided by unexpected customs charges and you'll be happy if, by chance, the package slips through.
As an encouragement: out of dozens of packages I got from outside the EU, I only had to visit the customs office 3 or 4 times.