Please Help! Which Shipment service i choose?

[zatak]

Hi Everyone
I want to buy Stirling engine from eBay for my final year project.
Its complete name and model is: "Hot Air Stirling Engine Motor Generator Education Toy Kits Electricity JS004W"
now the price of engine is 99.99$ with free economic shipping. but i have contacted the seller and as i need it urgent, he has agreed to send the product via china EMS or by DHL from shanghai, China with following rates:

China EMS: $24 advertise said about 7days delivery.
DHL: $28 advertise said about 5days delivery. I don't know your post code, if you post code is remote area, DHL will charge more $30 for each shipment.

Now i have no idea how much product will cost as there are duty taxes, GST, VAT, etc which i will have to pay once it reach Pakistan. i have heard from someone that shipping by DHL and FedEx can exempt you from such taxes or something like that and product is delivered at your address without additional payment of duties, Customs etc. This is my first time in buying online and i don't know details and procedures involved in collecting the product from rendezvous point. Please suggest me which shipping method will be economical and at the same time will ensure urgent delivery without much struggle? Also please tell me how much taxes i will have to pay for each shipping method you suggest before i have the product. Any info regarding this will be greatly appreciated.

PS-I didnt know where to post this topic. so MODs please forgive my ignorance.

 

[Radz]

i have heard from someone that shipping by DHL and FedEx can exempt you from such taxes or something like that and product is delivered at your address without additional payment of duties, Customs etc.

That is totally wrong, It will be delivered to your home, DHL will provide you a custom receipt of taxes which you have to pay when you receive product. It can be upto 50% depending upon what your product is, Ask seller to make a fake receipt, Mark product value at 25$, Taxes wont be above 2500 on that receipt.

 

[zatak]

That is totally wrong, It will be delivered to your home, DHL will provide you a custom receipt of taxes which you have to pay when you receive product. It can be upto 50% depending upon what your product is, Ask seller to make a fake receipt, Mark product value at 25$, Taxes wont be above 2500 on that receipt.

Thanks a lot for reply.it has certainly cleared out great part of my confusion . One thing i want to tell is that person is reputed seller at eBay; so will he do it i-e mark product value at 25$?? He should do it as long as he is getting his complete share of money. right?? but then again there may be some problems like fraud, or some illegal shipping case that can be made and used to procure my shipment from me. i just want everything to be clean so that everything remains simple as my deadline for project submission is approaching near. so if the process is to be kept legit then i would have to pay 99$ + 50 $ (50% of 99$ custom payable to dhl) + 28$ shipping only. or are there any hidden taxes i am missing?
Product is 0.9KG in weight, dimensions are 19-10-12 cm and is an Educational kit.

 

[Radz]

If you want to go right way, Don't go for Fake receipt, From my past experience Custom duty is no less than 30-40% of total Amount.

From my DHL Invoice

Product Value: 100$
Goverment Dues: 5243
CAA+0.5%: 215
Stamp Fee + Handling Fee: 58
Inboound Processing Fee: 215.52
GST @ 16%: 34.48

Total Paid 5766.00 PKR on a 10000 PKR Parcel. Its whopping 57% :frown:but I was considering myself lucky, because last time they withheld my parcel, It took me 7 days to clear it, So 150 PKR additional Godown Charges for 7 days + Hassle of going to DHL Headoffice every other day.
Don't be afraid :bd2:This might not happen to you because Its just a single thing, They usually clear single product on the spot with very little duty/taxes.