For customizers; returning dolls without fees

Oh this is great to know!! Thanks for posting it!

Raven

 

Thta's great to know! thanks!

 

That's wonderful, hope it works elsewhere in the world too!

 

Someone mentioned that in their country (and no, I don't remember who or where. Aren't I helpful?), that if they filed for 'temporary export' beforehand, then they could send doll parts out of country and get them back without customs fees. I think it'd be a good thing to ask your post office about, so you'll know exactly what to do for your situations.

 

I wonder if this works for UK
I have been asked several times to do face-ups or Mods and always been to affraid to say yes as Im one of those people who get hit for charges

 

that is real in canada, hope it works in other places too.

 

i know for the netherlands you should first call customs what to do because i asked my local postoffice if i should take precautions, when sending my head overseas, and they didn't know about anything. when i called customs they told me that there is a paper you can get, but that the postoffice doesn't know about it ( sigh it's always the same) unlucky for me but by then i had allready shipped the head.

i still had all my papers from the first time i got hit with customs for this doll and tought i would be able to prove something with that, but they told me no because i couldn't prove that it was the same doll. So please all dutchies check with customs before sending overseas.

floor

 

I may try to find out
I want to send my PocketFairy out to have her redone

but I want to get her insured
I have already paid customs fees on her once ...and dont want to hammered again

 

This is extremely useful information. Thank you!

 

So would that work if I (in the US) wanted to send my heads to a face-up artist in Canada to get them worked on to save the nice girl from having to pay for them? I'd like to be able to insure my heads, but then I'd feel bad if she had to pay $$$ in customs fees on them.

 

I can confirm that this is true for Sweden.

The only necessary action needed is the faceup artist labeling the returning part/s as Doll-Mage describes.

 

allanieew

Ah i know that paper
it's a license for shipping out without fee's.
Problem is i get the fee's when the heads come in...
and i don't think my customers all want to get those license ~_~
(the license only counts for shipping things out)

I hope to get some more information Monday about this..
i can get the license trough my fathers company,
I may be able to get a special option so it also counts for thing i receive rather then those i send,
but it will probably cost me something D:

 

Yep, this can be done in the US! I had to return a pair of high heel feet to iplehouse and there was a box on the customs form for returns so I just ticked that.

 

Well, there are at least 2 kind of customs forms in the USPS, "regular" airmail/first class international (can be used for International Priority flat rate too) green USPS customs form doesn't have a box for returns.

Green form (2976):
http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...01&categoryId=13356&productId=11679&langId=-1

The one used for EMS or Priority international shipping does (2976-A), also bigger heavier packages:
http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...01&categoryId=13356&productId=11681&langId=-1

More info here: http://www.usps.com/international/customs.htm

Also, despite their saying that there's no need to use a customs forms in certain cases, the PO near me doesn't let me send anything without them, and there was another thread about problems receiving the items when there wasn't one attached to the envelope.

 

I think I've ticked the Other box and written Return next to it on the green form and my PO didn't raise a fuss about it.

 

That's good to know XD
I was getting worried that might not be possible with the green form ^^;;

 

I know that when I do work for international customers, I've taken to including an invoice in the box, specifying that I am returning the heads and that the only thing done to them was painting. Apparently this helps if a box is opened by customs of the receiving country. I didn't know about doing this additional bit on the customs form and still being able to properly insure the heads!

 

I read this elsewhere, but dolls in general are -not- allowed to be taxed extra by customs as long as they are labelled DOLLS when coming into the US.
If they are you can get a refund.

 

Nyalee, that's 100% correct. But those of us in the US are lucky.

I'm a customizer, so when I send a doll back home to Canada, England (anywhere in Europe, actually), Singapore, etc., the doll owner could be in for a rude surprise depending on how the package is marked. Even if I mark the doll as a "gift", it still has to be below a certain value to avoid customs fees (and this is on something the owner has *already* paid fees to get into their country in the first place). Worse, if I mark a doll down, I'm 1) breaking the law and 2) unable to insure the doll for the correct amount. The tip that started this thread is a great way to be 100% legal, able to properly insure the doll, and make sure the poor owner doesn't get hit for fees they shouldn't have to pay twice. I know I'll be doing it from now on!