This might not be the right place for this post but i really don’t know a better community. Anyway, guys i need to ask you about how can i avoid paying customs fees. I lately bought a second hand smartphone from ebay, the seller was from the us amd i am from morocco i expected to pay customs fees besides everything i paid already but paying around the third !!! Of the original price of the phone is crazy!!! Now i need to buy something else but im afraid and not ready to give my money and be scammed by the customs of my country and i don’t have anyone from my family who lives thereto buy that this for me and bring it us a part of luggage. Any solution guys pls 😭 I hope you know something pls share your thoughts with me 👍 Thank you all in advance 💕
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You can get the seller to declare it as a gift and put a low value on it.
There’s also reshipping services that let you do that, or at least there used to be, it’s been a few years since I used one.
This is called smuggling, not piracy.
Asking the seller to list the price of the goods on the shipping label just below the tax threshold might help you.
If seller is willing only way to drop cost of customs is to have the shipper mark it as broken/faulty. Will absolutely not work at all times.
Edit: or go in person or have someone who is traveling from seller’s country to yours bring it and not declare on customs forms. Also not 100% effective. This is also known as smuggling. For small personal tech items, almost certainly no major repercussions or difficulty. Your milage may vary.
My friend did this once. Asked the seller to declare a smaller price on the package, than customs office asked for an invoice from my friend, and he just photoshopped the lower price to the invoice and submitted. It was from China to Europe, and not second hand, just a good guy seller from aliexpress. I guess if you do this frequently you can get into big trouble. But they don’t have the manpower to doublecheck everything
