Drawbacks to shipping figures to Greece as "gift"? (1 Viewer)

[MikeNick]

Hi.
I could use the expertise of the forum. I sold a number of AOHNA plastic sets on Ebay. All the buyers live in Greece. Some have asked me to send them as "gift" on the US Customs form. In fact, the sets are NOT "gifts" but are merchandise. The value for the combined purchases would be around $300. I presume the buyers are trying to avoid YD Customs fees. What are the drawbacks to sending the sets as "gifts"?
Thanks

 

[mikemiller1955]

Homeland security will put you on the "no mail" list...^&grin
jk...
I won't do it...

all my Ebay auctions say...
"I will not falsify custom's forms...so don't ask"...

 

[King Tiger II]

Well. I do it all the time to help international customers without any problems.

 

[Alexander the Great]

Classifying as "gifts" will mean that they will pay no or reduced import tax when they pick up from the post office in Greece.

 

[Mirof]

Basicaly from 01 Jul 2021
All imports coming from non EU states

21% VAT ( Value added Taxes ) on the buying price + transport fee
and between 25 and 35$ for custom's documents

so 300$ price + 50$ transport = 350$ + 73.50 ( 21% VAT ) + 35$ ( documents ) = 458,50$

And by the way this is also valid when buying from England who is not in the EU anymore

 

[joesgis]

If you ship something you sold on ebay declared as a "gift", you will expose yourself to multiple potential negative outcomes. When selling internationally through ebay you should not send items as gifts. Moreover, I would recommend stating such directly on your listings as Mike Miller said.

Joe

 

[mikemiller1955]

the worst thing to do on Ebay...
is to allow the "friends and family" option to guys that buy/sell from you on Paypal...
this voids all buyer/seller protection...
Paypal won't help you if there is a problem...
I won't use that option unless I know the person well enough to trust him...