Chain Reaction has been great lately

[eddief]

They are shipping fast as heck and using DHL for shipper, so you can actually track the packages.

[sokyroadie]

Originally Posted by eddief

They are shipping fast as heck and using DHL for shipper, so you can actually track the packages.

And probably pay duties

Jeff

[eBAUMANN]

Originally Posted by sokyroadie

And probably pay duties

Jeff

Yup. I wish I had more hands, so I could give DHL 4 thumbs down.

[eddief]

worth $250, no duty. When do I get the bill?

[eBAUMANN]

Originally Posted by eddief

worth $250, no duty. When do I get the bill?

Itll come in the mail in a week or 2. Just wait...

[sw3759]

Originally Posted by eddief

worth $250, no duty. When do I get the bill?

usually 1-3 weeks..if you don't see anything in a month your probably in the clear..

[gdw]

Give them a couple weeks.
I've had good luck with Chain Reaction in the past but will no longer do business with them or any overseas company that uses DHL

[eBAUMANN]

Originally Posted by gdw

Give them a couple weeks.
I've had good luck with Chain Reaction in the past but will no longer do business with them or any overseas company that uses DHL

same

[eddief]

in the mail, revenuer come to my door?

[eBAUMANN]

Originally Posted by eddief

in the mail, revenuer come to my door?

they send you a bill, you pay online or over the phone. or they charge you late fees. dont pay that and they might send someone after you...who knows.

[eddief]

How you pay duty depends on how your goods were shipped. If your goods were shipped through the International Postal Service, you will need to pay the mail carrier and/or go to your local post office to pay any duty and processing fees owed when your package arrives at that post office. If your goods were sent by a courier service, that service will either bill you for the duty they paid on your behalf or require payment on delivery.

If your goods were sent by freight, there are two possible scenarios for paying duty.

If no arrangements were made to forward the goods to your door, you will need to either clear them through CBP yourself, in which case you will pay duty directly to CBP at the port where your goods arrived. Alternatively, you will need to arrange for a broker to clear your goods. If you hire a broker, they will bill you for their services and any duty they paid on your behalf.

If arrangements were made to forward your goods to you, you will be billed for any duty owed, and for the services of the broker who cleared them through CBP.

Originally Posted by eBAUMANN

they send you a bill, you pay online or over the phone. or they charge you late fees. dont pay that and they might send someone after you...who knows.

[eBAUMANN]

Im assuming you are copy-pasting that from somewheres?

I have ordered from chain reaction and wiggle...both came via DHL.
I went to DHL's warehouse to pick up both packages because I was not home to sign for it.
I signed for it at their pickup counter, did not pay a fee and no fee or bill was ever mentioned when I was there.

A week or 2 later I get a bill in the mail from DHL.

That simple.

If you dont get a bill, it might be because the total of the goods you purchased was below whatever limit they set, or something.
But yea, generally speaking, with DHL, you pay duties.

[OtayBW]

DHL classifies your items according the US Harmonized Tarrif Schedule and then assigns a duty fee based on the HTS. Unfortunately, they don't know a crankset (duty free) from a brakeset (not duty free), so they just bill you on whatever the hell they think they've got. Crapshoot. And yes, the bill comes later....

Good luck with it, though. You may make out alright, but I'm done with DHL.

[45K10]

The only time I have been hit with duty fees from DHL was when I lived in Vancouver and it was a wheelset. I paid the delivery person right then and there with my cc.

So far since moving to the Boston area I have ordered three times from CRC and I haven't gotten dinged yet. It normally only takes two days to arrive which is much faster than if I order from a west coast place like Jenson.

[merckx]

What overseas on-line shops use a postal carrier?