Ordering gear from europe. Duty question.

[Cono Este]

I am thinking about ordering about a 1000 dollars worth of gear from a shop in europe.

What will us customs ram ($) me with?

anything else?

[bmg97]

How is it being shipped to you ? The shipper might pay duties and taxes if there are any.

[finbar]

Ordered stuff from Sport Conrad in Germany before, zero duty or tax to pay upon arrival.

[MultiVerse]

I’ve never had a problem or been charged any fees when ordering bike stuff from chainreactioncycles.com located in England. But I think they operate out of a free trade zone that somehow manages to avoid customs charges.

Like you, however, I have a cart full of ski gear from Europe (Telemark Pyrenees) and when I e-mailed them about customs fees… they basically said it was hit-or-miss but that small items would often slip through without fees. So far, I’ve been unwilling to pull the trigger without knowing exactly how much it’s going to cost.

[hemas]

How is it being shipped to you ? The shipper might pay duties and taxes if there are any.

Not a change...

Receiver is always responsible for duties, customs fees and taxes.


Cono, like has been mentioned, it's a hit or miss... You might get slammed with customs/import tax or not.

[snoboy]

Not a change...

Receiver is always responsible for duties, customs fees and taxes.


Cono, like has been mentioned, it's a hit or miss... You might get slammed with customs/import tax or not.

Actually, no. Some shippers have bonded warehouses, etc, and deal with all that up front, so what you pay is what you pay. Backcountry.com does that for orders to Canada for example...

The OP's question is impossible to answer however, as we don't know what he is ordering. Tarrifs are variable based on what the items are, where they were made, etc. TP has a page with a few examples of duties (http://www.telemark-pyrenees.com/shop/article_info.php?articles_id=28) on their site.

[hemas]

Actually, no. Some shippers have bonded warehouses, etc, and deal with all that up front, so what you pay is what you pay. Backcountry.com does that for orders to Canada for example...

Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that in the end, the receiver is always responsible for the taxes and customs fees. BC just happens to be nice enough to do it for ya.

[focus]

I ordered boots and didn't get charged. I ordered skis and got a bill.

Hit or miss +1.

[XXX-er]

Are you in canada or the US?This site will help you in canada,its not actualy hit and miss its all written down somewhere ,you just gotta know where

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/general/publications/customs_tariff-e.html

When I ordered t-1's from TP.com there was no duty on plastic ski boots just gst ,so my buddy ordered some t-2's and got a bill cuz some hired help at TP wrote xc ski boots on the manifest instead of plastic ski boots it took him awhile but he eventualy got it sorted out