uptou Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 i'm looking to buy a certain instructional dvd from the states at 200usd,& i'll probably be buying a couple more after.anybody know what sort of duty or tax i should expect,or do they not worry about the odd one? thanks for any help offered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 (edited) As far as I recall there is no tax on DVD discs but there is on DVD players. I found this when a large pack of DVD discs was taxed at the machine rate. Bittorrent and rapidshare have severely reduced my contributions to Amazon. Cheers Edit hard to explain. Edited August 20, 2007 by percy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Not sure, I had some box sets sent over a few months ago, and ended up having to pay Somchai import duty. I was not best pleased and it seemed like a bit of a con, but in the end it was a pay it or lose it. They have you by the balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRanger Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I had a few arrive yesterday and had to go to the post office and pay 480 Baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2396 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Thre is an import duty on them. I have had to pay every time, but I am not sure the exact charge. I think it was about 1000 bht for 6 DVD's from HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbusman Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Its always exactly as much as they feel they can extort from you. You should first pay the vendor $199 for the privilege of doing business with them, and then buy the CDs for a $1. Thats what gets declared on the commercial invoice and customs declaration. That should give you a decent beginning bargaining position. If they see $200 on the invoice, you might as well bring lots and lots of baht to get them released. Best is to buy them, have them uploaded on a secure server, FTP them to hard drive and burn a copy. Just pay the original company each time you burn one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnieB Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 When I get stuff from Amazon, duty is usually around B300-B400 per title. Funny thing is, at one address in Pattaya, my Amazon deliveries were always delivered by the postman box unopened and no invoice for excise/duties But when I move a few sois away, my deliveries always came with a duty invoice Also, another quirk, if I paid the extra for air-express delivery (DHL or the like), I would also receive the packages sans duty bill (but lost any savings on the higher shipping charge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptou Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Its always exactly as much as they feel they can extort from you. You should first pay the vendor $199 for the privilege of doing business with them, and then buy the CDs for a $1. Thats what gets declared on the commercial invoice and customs declaration. That should give you a decent beginning bargaining position. If they see $200 on the invoice, you might as well bring lots and lots of baht to get them released.Best is to buy them, have them uploaded on a secure server, FTP them to hard drive and burn a copy. Just pay the original company each time you burn one. yes maybe thats the awnser,i dont object to paying anything,but would rather not be in a position where they have me by the you know whats & i have to pay something silly. what about family sending it over in a beat up old case,eg it looks used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbusman Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 What about asking someone to throw it in a suitcase during an upcoming visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I've been ordering DVD's and books from Barnes & Noble for years. If I order just DVD's the Customs rate is about 30% (official rate is 60%). If it is a mixed order (books & DVD's) I've never paid customs. Same goes for other types of orders, ie: mixed customs rates, they just seem to say The hel_l with it, too hard to figure out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 As far as I recall there is no tax on DVD discs but there is on DVD players.I found this when a large pack of DVD discs was taxed at the machine rate. Bittorrent and rapidshare have severely reduced my contributions to Amazon. Edit hard to explain. It's hard to understand. You said there is no tax on DVD discs, but then said a large pack of DVD discs was taxed?? What is the machine rate? A DVD machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 As far as I recall there is no tax on DVD discs but there is on DVD players.I found this when a large pack of DVD discs was taxed at the machine rate. Bittorrent and rapidshare have severely reduced my contributions to Amazon. Edit hard to explain. It's hard to understand. You said there is no tax on DVD discs, but then said a large pack of DVD discs was taxed?? What is the machine rate? A DVD machine? What I meant was a single DVD disc would not be taxed , but a package that resembled the size of a DVD player (machine) had been taxed by mistake. I think there is no duty on books or DVD discs. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Any I have ordered have always been sent with 'FREE SAMPLE' printed on them....... never paid duty/customs anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnieB Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Now that someone mentioned it, I do recall reading somewhere in the distant past that there is little or no duty on imported books. Maybe to encourage better reading habits in Thais (though most imports seem to be Japanese or Korean manga comics ) Therefore, if the shipping declaration states it's books or books and DVDs they let it pass through untaxed. Will have to try that on my next Amazon order. Also like the "Free Sample" or maybe "Business Sample" label idea. Will see if can get Amazon to put that somewhere on the shipping label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2396 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 As far as I recall there is no tax on DVD discs but there is on DVD players.I found this when a large pack of DVD discs was taxed at the machine rate. Bittorrent and rapidshare have severely reduced my contributions to Amazon. Edit hard to explain. It's hard to understand. You said there is no tax on DVD discs, but then said a large pack of DVD discs was taxed?? What is the machine rate? A DVD machine? What I meant was a single DVD disc would not be taxed , but a package that resembled the size of a DVD player (machine) had been taxed by mistake. I think there is no duty on books or DVD discs. Cheers Are you talking about blank DVD discs or pre-recorded media, ie movies? I certainly think there IS import duty on pre-recorded media. I have paid it every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 As far as I recall there is no tax on DVD discs but there is on DVD players.I found this when a large pack of DVD discs was taxed at the machine rate. Bittorrent and rapidshare have severely reduced my contributions to Amazon. Edit hard to explain. It's hard to understand. You said there is no tax on DVD discs, but then said a large pack of DVD discs was taxed?? What is the machine rate? A DVD machine? What I meant was a single DVD disc would not be taxed , but a package that resembled the size of a DVD player (machine) had been taxed by mistake. I think there is no duty on books or DVD discs. Cheers Are you talking about blank DVD discs or pre-recorded media, ie movies? I certainly think there IS import duty on pre-recorded media. I have paid it every time. pre recorded media "movies". On single movies and books ordered from Amazon I have never paid duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martynsnowman Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 hi am i breaking any law ?... my brother in the u.k records me dvds from SKY sat movies, you can fit about 4 hours on 1 disc v good quality, and sends me 6 / 7 discs every month . on the customs paper on the parcel the writes contans dvds when they get to me i never need to pay anything to thai customs ... is that correct ???? p.s living in ISAAN village can be boring somtimes thats why so many free movies ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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