Importing personal belongings

[FlorC]

It is pretty sad that you still have to pay tax on importing personal belongings.

Another form of tariffs.

I seems near impossible to buy good stereo equipment in Thailand, 

if you're not living near Bangkok.

I would love to bring over my partly selfmade made stereo, but they are very heavy.

I don't want to pay import tax on it .

 

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, FlorC said:

It is pretty sad that you still have to pay tax on importing personal belongings.

Another form of tariffs.

I seems near impossible to buy good stereo equipment in Thailand, 

if you're not living near Bangkok.

I would love to bring over my partly selfmade made stereo, but they are very heavy.

I don't want to pay import tax on it .

 

Let go of your old junk, move with the times, be less selfish and don't subject others to your noise.

Earphones are polite.

[FlorC]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Let go of your old junk, move with the times, be less selfish and don't subject others to your noise.

Earphones are polite.

What has that to do with selfish ?

I made it myself , it is not old junk.

Others will not hear my noise , I have a free standing house with double walls ,

and I own 3 HP's.

I can't play loud for my pets too.

[frank83628]

Shipping items by sea goes by volume, not weight.

There is a 6 month window for bringing your personal belongings before they are liable for duty 

You can read the information here

 

https://relocatemena.com/thailand/importing-personal-and-household-effects-into-thailand

[TechnoHippie]

Interesting.  This is something that I've wondered about.  I'm hoping to relocate there within the next 10 years & have been concerned about moving some of my stuff there.  Mostly a bunch of art work (pictures, paintings) and 30+ electric guitars.   I saw somewhere in this thread that 'art' could be a problem?   

[KannikaP]

On 5/2/2025 at 1:55 PM, Unamerican said:

They are not dimply for reading/lidtrning to

And most have correct spelling.

[KannikaP]

9 minutes ago, TechnoHippie said:

Interesting.  This is something that I've wondered about.  I'm hoping to relocate there within the next 10 years & have been concerned about moving some of my stuff there.  Mostly a bunch of art work (pictures, paintings) and 30+ electric guitars.   I saw somewhere in this thread that 'art' could be a problem?   

30+ electric guitars. That's more than the Beatles and Stones put together! Get a Variax.

[DrJack54]

Bunch of off topic/offensive posts and replies removed. 

[scorecard]

On 5/2/2025 at 5:32 AM, StandardIssue said:

Be careful how you bring it in. If shipped via Fedex or other the import duties and tariffs can be a big hit financially.

 

A friend of mine, without doing any research, did just that 6 years ago. Shipped all his gaming equipment, PC's etc.. Got hit with a $10,000 charge at Fedex.

 

Don't do it unless you know exactly what the import duties will be!!

 

I bring two suitcases and then buy what I need here, that is when I come from USA. I have traveled back and fourth 3 times. I sell what I bought. Usually a table, desk chair and kitchen stuff. It's cheap enough to just buy here and sell when you go back or store in storage.

 

When my employer posted to Thailand I took some quite incorrect advice "cannot buy shampoo, shaving cream or throw away shavers in Thailand", and more.

 

So I brought big supplies with me. Within 24 hrs of being here I discovered I could buy everything I wanted for a happy contended life including food / groceries, etc.