I've ordered a bunch of things recently, here are three prices before shipping and taxes thereon:
musical instrument: price $150, tax 860,000 đ (28%)
CD box set, 22 disks, price $36, tax 300,000 đ (42%)
CD box set, 41 disks price $95, tax 2.600,000 (137%)
In the last one there was a letter from the post office that I had to sign and fax, at first they said I had to come up to Saigon and pick it up, but the bulk of the charge was a fee for inspection, opening the box and some ridiculous charge for each of the disks.
OK, even so, it's only about $5/disk, but without the huge tax it would have been only a little over $2/disk. It makes me really hesitant to order any more box sets but what I get from iTunes is not as good. Anyone know what the threshold is for this stuff or is it simply arbitrary?
At least the boxes all arrived.
Postal Taxes, is there any rhyme or reason?
May I ask what was the country of origin? Do they just give a hard time on Non-ASEAN goods?
milkybunnyHCM wrote:May I ask what was the country of origin? Do they just give a hard time on Non-ASEAN goods?
All from USA.
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