Strangest thing happened today. When I returned home, the maid told me that there was a delivery for me. She could not take it, as they wanted about 1,000 baht import tax.... I have not ordered anything from outside Thailand, nor expect a package.

Thinking about it some more, I actually expect a new Sim card from US for my business phone. That thing has absolutely zero value.

Has anybody ever paid import tax on a Sim card?

If you have used DHL or FEDEX therein lies your problem. These companies try to charge 'customs duty' on everything. Note the 'try'.

I had a replacement US sim card sent to me a couple weeks ago via DHL... No import tax for me, although I'm in Chiang Mai...

The package arrived on an Agility truck. I guess that is some courier working with us postal. No idea as to how it was send.

Will see tomorrow when they re-deliver. .

give me 800 and i will tell all

800

As with most postal pieces and courier-items from abroad; upon arrival at the port/airport the packages will be randomly "stickered".

The stickered packages/items will undergo the regular customs clearance and that's what you pay for.........THB 200 clearance, THB 100 overtime for customs, somewhat THB 500 for paperwork and some other crappy charges + VAT of course.

Again: Not ALL, but randomly, that's why one gets a bill from customs and another one gets nothing (extra) charged.

Why would you want a foreign sim?

Why would you want a foreign sim?

Maybe the company involved pays only for a sim that was issued by them; could be cheaper then reimbursing Thai telephone-cost.......

SIM card should have been shipped with the acronym NVD (no value declared) on the envelope, like you do for documents

Afraid that now you have no other option but to either accept it and pay what the shipper says you owe or refuse delivery

Edited February 18, 201511 yr by Langsuan Man

SIM card should have been shipped with the acronym NVD (no value declared) on the envelope, like you do for documents

Afraid that now you have no other option but to either accept it and pay what the shipper says you owe or refuse delivery

is NVD an international thing ?

I never heard it before ?

good to know if it is.....

It is a common shipping term and appears on Bill of Lading if applicable and on Customs Declarations