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Originally Posted by karunaji
While Amazon could be more helpful, I still don't understand what's the problem with your customs office? They had a Kindle with a printed invoice and you have a proof that you have bought it from Amazon. Why can't they just calculate the correct tax and after receiving payment release it to you? Requiring business address on printed invoice seems unreasonable in this case.
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Beats me - I even told them I'd pay VAT based on the price Amazon lists without the discount, but they insisted that prices on the printed invoice and my proof of payment must match. I would have started stomping my foot if I weren't getting too disappointed and somewhat angry, thus I was worried that I might get carried away and do something that wouldn't help me at all.
I just hope the next Kindle shipment won't be this troublesome.
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Originally Posted by karunaji
Even though I was infuriated with the red type, it doesn't really matter how much you actually paid for an item. The tax is calculated from so called market value. Many clever ebay shoppers in Latvia try to avoid paying import tax by asking the seller to write a different amount (much lower) on the invoice. The customs agents simply open the package, check the serial number of the device and google the price. It means one more form to fill by a shopper to explain the difference (e.g., sellers discount) or prove which was much harder that the device is not really worth as much (e.g., it is broken).
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I think they used to do this, but since this summer, it either got more complicated or they are just being more thorough. I'll see how UPS will handle getting through the customs with the next shipment.
I'll post when I'll have news about the new one. I hope to do a short Kindle review as well. I was hoping I would be among the first to do so, having placed my first order in July, but that's just life, I guess.