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akey · 02-19-2010, 05:18 AM

My experience with Euro customs:

UPS and Fedex are 90% sure to get customs charges.

Best bet is USPS and marked as gift. If you do not insure the item for its true value (running a risk of course) then it will not raise any flags. No forwarder will likely be willing to do this however... Best bet is to make friends with an American and get him to ship it to you. (I will be in the US from March 14th to April 5th and would have no problem at all helping out).

Using this method I have had over 20-30 packages sent from the US to Spain without a single customs charge.

Now, that might just be Spanish laziness, or my good luck.

02-19-2010, 05:18 AM	#8
akey Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: iRex ...	My experience with Euro customs: UPS and Fedex are 90% sure to get customs charges. Best bet is USPS and marked as gift. If you do not insure the item for its true value (running a risk of course) then it will not raise any flags. No forwarder will likely be willing to do this however... Best bet is to make friends with an American and get him to ship it to you. (I will be in the US from March 14th to April 5th and would have no problem at all helping out). Using this method I have had over 20-30 packages sent from the US to Spain without a single customs charge. Now, that might just be Spanish laziness, or my good luck.