Package from Thailand

Re: [spiers] Package from Thailand


In a message dated 2/24/03 12:25:48 PM, cyav@attbi.com writes:

Need some help picking up a package from Thailand. A friend send me a
package
from Thailand via Eurasia Freight Service in San Diego but final destination
is
here in Seattle. I call Eurasia Service to pick up my package but they
request
that I need to clear with custom service before I can pick up the package with
another company which has the package. Why is it so complicated with such
delivery. Why can't I just pick up the package if my friend already paid for
the delivery and package already. Does anyone know what is the process of
getting package from Thailand or Soutehast Asia deliver here to Seattle? Your
response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Things are getting more complicated with the "war on terror"

First, you should be talking to a customsbroker before you ever order
anything from overseas, so they can advise you how to do it expeditiously...

Second, if it is a shipment less than $2000 in value and being shipped to you
air, you ought to make the shipment deliverable directly to your home,
bypassing any customsbroker that may be involved.

At less than $2000, the shipment is "informal entry" and a customsbroker need
not help. If you do use a customsbroker on such a shipment, they have to
charge full fees, and this will be too much for such a minor shipment.

Next, although the delivery point may be your home, it may not make it all
the way there, being held up in customs, requiring you makae some visit
locally to customs mail facility.

So, always talk to a customers broker first, not last, and after talking to
customsbrokers, IF a particular shipment is less than $2000, THEN enter it as
an informal entry and have it shipped directly to your home.

John

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