Anyone here orders from little bolide??

[Quattros8]

Hi guys

Just wondering if people on here order from them ??
I have done 2 orders with them and always get hit with the damn duties
Is there a way around these duties that sometimes are kind of high price last time on 3 cars it costed me 70$ cnd in fees

Thanks

[Atalante]

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[[KRAFTIG]]

I have! No duties though. It is a hot or miss with duties, just got tagged for $36US for a x-border purchase. Tell them to lower the value of the shipment, but it is gets, lost or damage you suffer the loss in value.

[StratosWRC]

All depends on what the seller declares the value to be. Obviously the lower the declared value, the lower the fees.

[Quattros8]

They usually put the amount i spent , will ask them if they can lower the value and see what happens on the next order

Thanks

[Atalante]

The two big German retailers can indicate 50% of the value if you ask. Other shop can do it lower and the goal in to be under 50 CAD

[/bp]

According to the clause by Indian Customs Board, scale replicas -working or non-working gets categorized under section "Toys" and the limit for duty free import in 10kINR ~150USD and also the taxes are less for the ones exceeding (only for this section). I always ask the sellers to mention as 'Toys - Scale model' in the invoice.

[damnyouebay]

Damn, that is sweet. I get hit with 25%.

[Quattros8]

Well got a message back from them

They wont lower the price on the invoice, they put the actual price only ...damn

[ModelCarsCanada]

Well got a message back from them

They wont lower the price on the invoice, they put the actual price only ...damn

They said the same with me, I was hit with $130+ in duties. I would recommend trying to get the models locally if that is a possibility. There are many Canadian stores and online shops as well as CK and Modelissimo tho offer great discounts to DS members!

[Quattros8]

Well decided to gibe it another try and see if customs going to get me again ...

Lets see what happens

[AOS]

Well got a message back from them

They wont lower the price on the invoice, they put the actual price only ...damn

They said the same with me, I was hit with $130+ in duties. I would recommend trying to get the models locally if that is a possibility. There are many Canadian stores and online shops as well as CK and Modelissimo tho offer great discounts to DS members!

$130? Buying what though?

I was charged about $44 for $870 worth of purchases as carmodelz one time, and $99 for $940 worth at modelissimo.

[Quattros8]

Damn i just got charged 77$ by customs :(: really on a 415$ order

[StratosWRC]

Damn i just got charged 77$ by customs :(: really on a 415$ order

18.5% seems about right. I got hit with I think $60 on a $500 order. You gotta make sure you ask the seller to declare a low value. That's the only thing that works. Gone are the days where they'd be too busy to go through all packages and you'd get yours without duties. I haven't had a duty free package in ages.

[AOS]

Damn i just got charged 77$ by customs :(: really on a 415$ order

18.5% seems about right. I got hit with I think $60 on a $500 order. You gotta make sure you ask the seller to declare a low value. That's the only thing that works. Gone are the days where they'd be too busy to go through all packages and you'd get yours without duties. I haven't had a duty free package in ages.

I haven't gotten a package with duties since last December. Then again, every other place I shopped at were private sellers and not web stores.