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Originally Posted by rhari79
Did you buy the kindle through Amazon or through some other store?
Amazon tries to give an estimate of the customs duty and tries to pre-charge this when you pay. That will be the max payment you would have to make; Amazon takes care of everything else. If your payment is in excess, Amazon will refund it back.
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Yes, Amazon do this automatically if possible, and import taxes should be included in your payment to Amazon.
The same thing happened to me (in Denmark), where it was shipped with DHL and they charged me directly upon delivery. I paid that and complained to Amazon. I was told that that happened regularly with DHL and that they'd look into it. Took a month until I got a refund from DHL, but I got it. And then I later got the taxes I paid through Amazon refunded as well
BTW, when you pay import taxes through Amazon you don't pay any of the fees that the courier services usually charge for handling import tax. That's actually rather nice.