Hello, has anybody here tried shipping stuff from Singapore to Thailand. I have ordered tons of stuff in Aliexpress and i always choose their shipping with local shipping which is from Vpost (Singapore National Post).  Hasn't hit by any tax from Custom yet. 

My question here is if i were to purchase a Sony Ps5 from singpaore and ship by Vpost as a gift without declaring the price. Sending to my wife thai name. Will i hit heavy tax rate? 

Of course you will pay tax and you need to put a value on the declaration 

16 hours ago, damen said:

Hello, has anybody here tried shipping stuff from Singapore to Thailand. I have ordered tons of stuff in Aliexpress and i always choose their shipping with local shipping which is from Vpost (Singapore National Post).  Hasn't hit by any tax from Custom yet. 

My question here is if i were to purchase a Sony Ps5 from singpaore and ship by Vpost as a gift without declaring the price. Sending to my wife thai name. Will i hit heavy tax rate? 

Announced price for the digital edition is 599SGD which equals to 13600THB. 

 

The same version in Thailand should retail at 12900THB. So why do that?

Anything over 1500 B goods + shipping + insurance (cutoff applied with some leniency) will be import taxed and on top of that VAT

I can see many people who know nothing but still reply here.

Most of the time parcels sent by standard registered post, airmail, are not taxed, especially from Singapore, HK and China.

 

33 minutes ago, solafr said:

I can see many people who know nothing but still reply here.

Most of the time parcels sent by standard registered post, airmail, are not taxed, especially from Singapore, HK and China.

Glad that you know better.
Customs Regulations etc. say different, unless excempt under ASEAN.
Shall I find some receipts for you, or rather boxes with the tax amount written on them ?

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by KKr

1 hour ago, solafr said:

I can see many people who know nothing but still reply here.

Most of the time parcels sent by standard registered post, airmail, are not taxed, especially from Singapore, HK and China.

 

you might not pay on a small box of condoms but a PS5 box isnt slipping through

2 minutes ago, yankee99 said:

you might not pay on a small box of condoms but a PS5 box isnt slipping through

 

Another expert 555

 

I receive hundreds parcels yearly from these countries, and some years not even 1 parcel is taxed, so you clearly know very well what you are talking about...

 

 

 

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by solafr

22 minutes ago, solafr said:

Another expert 555

 

I receive hundreds parcels yearly from these countries, and some years not even 1 parcel is taxed, so you clearly know very well what you are talking about...

What is the average value of your parcels?

 

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by HampiK

I can confirm I received regularly parcels from USA China and Europe, even up to 8-10000 THB value and I haven't been taxed once....

19 hours ago, yankee99 said:

you might not pay on a small box of condoms but a PS5 box isnt slipping through

what about a box of small French thingamigees ?
Should I worry ? or just order less than 1500 THB worth ?

On 11/9/2020 at 7:50 PM, Sundown said:

I can confirm I received regularly parcels from USA China and Europe, even up to 8-10000 THB value and I haven't been taxed once....

any tips? Did you place under gift? Without writing them the price tag?

On 11/9/2020 at 7:17 AM, Sundown said:

Announced price for the digital edition is 599SGD which equals to 13600THB. 

 

The same version in Thailand should retail at 12900THB. So why do that?

Thailand won't retail it now. Probaly has to wait for 2021 April. However you can still buy now in Gaming store for 40k. Do you wish to buy from them? 

2 hours ago, damen said:

any tips? Did you place under gift? Without writing them the price tag?

No gift, just use normal tracked post, Thai post is really good (last time they even fixed my box because they received it broken and it contained 10000 baht of food). You are required to write the list of items so maybe don't write "BRAND NEW PS5 THAT YOU CANT BUY IN THAILAND". write "electronic game for kids" or "gaming console" just in case. Anyway if they ask you to pay something it will be less than 40000, I guess!

Updates. Apparently there is no import taxes at all. Probably i'm just lucky. 

I bought quite few set of PS5. 1 for myself and rest resell to my local gaming store. Lucky me. Some Profit + 1 free console.