Taking delivery

[Tony Lorentzen]

My number is up pretty soon and I want to be as ready as I can possibly be.

I'm wondering how to best deal with any possible customs-issues that might appear here in Europe (I'm in Denmark within EU). I hear different stories about how the camera and the accessories are taxed - sometimes FedEx will disregard the custom-codes or descriptions RED have put on the documents and charge a whopping 14.9% in tax for the camera alone. And some haven't had to pay anything at all... Can anyone tell me what the correct taxation for the various items are?

And what exactly do I do when the FedEx guy is here if some of the paperwork is wrong? Send him home (I'd hate to do that) or call up FedEx before I open the boxes?

:umm:

[Martin Weiss]

I would suggest that the moment you get your tracking number from Red, that you get in touch with FedEx denmark, to see how you can ease the import.

[Tony Lorentzen]

Great idea, Martin!

[REDHKSC]

My number is up pretty soon and I want to be as ready as I can possibly be.

I'm wondering how to best deal with any possible customs-issues that might appear here in Europe (I'm in Denmark within EU). I hear different stories about how the camera and the accessories are taxed - sometimes FedEx will disregard the custom-codes or descriptions RED have put on the documents and charge a whopping 14.9% in tax for the camera alone. And some haven't had to pay anything at all... Can anyone tell me what the correct taxation for the various items are?

And what exactly do I do when the FedEx guy is here if some of the paperwork is wrong? Send him home (I'd hate to do that) or call up FedEx before I open the boxes?

:umm:

Send your RED to HKG than yu pick it up at NO TAX then go with the LENS and say this is a toy based camera that you bought in CHINA for Hobbies.

I am not joking and many others are using that ROUTE.

STEW.

[REDHKSC]

I am not kidding and If your customs dept., in Denmark question you about that camera then you just show them a USD 2 dollar HKG DC/AV Z-Zone Magazine to prove this camera is for Hobbies and this is explained in the cheapest Magazine that you bought in HKG.

Cheers,

STEW.

[Tony Lorentzen]

Stew - sorry, but that is a seriously bad idea for many reasons.

[Martin Weiss]

Over on the Norwegian thread there has been some discussions about import. Maybe a good time to freshen up your norsk while you wait for 2336?

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3252

And you are right, while flying to Hong Kong can have many benefits, cheating customs is not one of them.
But some succeeded in arguing with the customs, saying that it should not have any additional fees, because it is not a video camera (it has no moving parts), but a stills camera (recording to solid state chip) - just a very fast one. I hope that these rules don't change before 2009 - though they are archaic as pretty much any consumer level stills camera is also a video camera. Heck, any mobile/cell phone is these days. Soon Cornflakes will come with a digital camera. But I'm digressing...