Okay here goes, if it's still active. [MENTION=93260]GloriousChicken[/MENTION] [MENTION=2126]Jshak[/MENTION]
I asked PkShip.com ( a service to import things from amazon and have it delivered to your doorstep) about the cost it'd take to import a ram. Here's the link
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-32GB-3200MHz-Memory/dp/B0143UM4TC?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1
and they told me around 27k PKR when the actual product costs around 12k. I then asked them what sort of hidden charges were being added and they replied.
Import duties +Air Freight +Consolidation in USA +Operating cost + Local courier
I asked for the details on the individual prices and they said
Customs duty @20% (including Regulatory Duty,if any), Sales Tax @20% and Income Tax @6%
However after checking with the
latest Pakistan Customs Tariff, computer accessories fall under 84.73 and the Custom duty is 3%. When I enquired them about this, they stopped responding. So wtf is actually going on here? Are these guys looting in plain sight or there really is 20% CD or the PDF I viewed is flawed.
Secondly, if anybody can be so kind to tell me how the heck do people do an import computer parts (mobos/rams/gpu) and resell business here? And their prices are damn cheap. Do they not pay CD and the GST or what? Or is the trick as simple as importing such a large amount that the overhead gets distributed over individual items. But surely the shipping cost increases with the weight of the items as well. So what trickery is going on here?
I always want to get into this sort of business but don't know from where they are importing and nobody even tells me. It's like I'm a kid being left out at lunchbreak while all those popular kids are discussing their secrets xDDDDD