Selling gold - taxes

[SoloFlyer]

Looking for suggestions for an online company that ships supplements and vitamins to chiang mai. Preferably a quality brand with a good range and with reasonable shipping prices.

Do these things usually get slapped with duties?? If so how much or is there a way around them?

Thx

[Wentworth]

Try www.healthspan.co.uk.

I write the following assuming you are not from the UK. Also I look at it from a consumer's point of view, not as a business.

They are based in Guernsey in the English Channel Islands and I've been using them for at least 10 years. They do all round supplements. I use the multivitamins as well as one of the Glucosamine products, which helps with my permanent knee injury - I snapped my Anterior Cruciate Ligament. I was recommended the company by friends having all sorts of injuries and ailments - also by the specialist at the Droitwich Knee Clinic(Near Birmingham, England - considered to the be the top rated knee specialists in the UK). I find the prices are good too.

I did and still keep checking companies and find they have the best sourced ingredients.

Shipping Costs - If you were living in UK it would be free. For overseas they charge 4 GB Pounds total (probably around 6 USD or 200 Baht), no matter what size the order - though I wouldn't know what they would do if you ordered a container load - lol. So I tend to order once a year, usually when they announce a sale in December/January. The shelf life is good so no worries on that score. The customs/address label clearly states that they are supplements and I don't pay customs duty on them. I usually receive the order within 7-10 calendar days.

They do a magazine with articles by some well known doctors and specialists, which you can subscribe to by email.

And lastly, I am in no way connected with this company, I just like the products and find them reliable and good prices.

[Thaihog]

I use ebay all the time for supplements and have never had any problems with customs. Shippers are normally very discrete.

[SoloFlyer]

Thanks guys. Ebay might be a bit hit and miss for a newbie like me - Wentworth thanks for the good writeup, I will check them out. Good to know there's no customs issues.

[Bill97]

Good to know there's no customs issues.

don't bank on that

[SoloFlyer]

Names Billy, not Silly.

[Bill97]

customs duties are uncertain. confiscation of items not approved by the Thai government is a possibility and many items are not approved. might come through okay or you might loose or pay.