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Originally Posted by geekmaster
I once shipped an old laptop worth MAYBE $50USD, included with clothing and supplies beeing donated to people in an Eastern European country (Belarus), and they had to pay $300USD equivalent in customs fees to get that laptop. For them, that was about 4 months of income. Sad, really...
I wonder what customs fees could be for an ereader...  |
It seems to vary a lot per country. shipping fees seem to vary a lot between carriers too! I checked into shipping a dSLR to UK a few weeks ago and USPS wanted only $45 but UPS/FedEx both wanted $150+. And I think he would have gotten clobbered with import fees on his side of the Pond! Plus if you ship to some countries you have to fill out export/import forms, yuk! Basically it is not worth all the extra effort and hassle, IMO.