golf clubs Held by Customs/Control Agency

Anyone encounter this when purchase from ebay?

Never... Do you have to pay GST on them first?

I'm not sure how stringent Customs are. I know of people who have had clubs in excess of $400 sent to them w/o issues (i.e. not held back by Customs).

yup, this is because the shipper did not put a $ value to the packing list (or the invoice is placed INSIDE the box).

Customs need to ascertain the $ value to determine if GST will need to be paid. You have to come to Singpost Paya Lebar office with the ebay printed invoice.

that is unless you are shipping other stuff, like weapons of mass destructions or porn

pushslice wrote:

yup, this is because the shipper did not put a $ value to the packing list (or the invoice is placed INSIDE the box).

Customs need to ascertain the $ value to determine if GST will need to be paid. You have to come to Singpost Paya Lebar office with the ebay printed invoice.

that is unless you are shipping other stuff, like weapons of mass destructions or porn

Nope. The invoice was on the box. I was there when the box of Mizzies arrived. The invoice clearly showed the price.

I just realised the item arrived on 25 June, no email no phone call from singpost. I need to call Singpost to track down the item, just received email from them that need to pay GST.

NB, sit there for 3 days never call......

p3nboy wrote:

I just realised the item arrived on 25 June, no email no phone call from singpost. I need to call Singpost to track down the item, just received email from them that need to pay GST.

NB, sit there for 3 days never call......

Maybe they took turns to test your clubs

Technospaz wrote:

pushslice wrote:

yup, this is because the shipper did not put a $ value to the packing list (or the invoice is placed INSIDE the box).

Customs need to ascertain the $ value to determine if GST will need to be paid. You have to come to Singpost Paya Lebar office with the ebay printed invoice.

that is unless you are shipping other stuff, like weapons of mass destructions or porn

Nope. The invoice was on the box. I was there when the box of Mizzies arrived. The invoice clearly showed the price.

I was referring to p3nboy question. That's what happen to me.

as to your case, they probably just missed la. After all it's manual process lor

pushslice wrote:

Technospaz wrote:

pushslice wrote:

yup, this is because the shipper did not put a $ value to the packing list (or the invoice is placed INSIDE the box).

Customs need to ascertain the $ value to determine if GST will need to be paid. You have to come to Singpost Paya Lebar office with the ebay printed invoice.

that is unless you are shipping other stuff, like weapons of mass destructions or porn

Nope. The invoice was on the box. I was there when the box of Mizzies arrived. The invoice clearly showed the price.

I was referring to p3nboy question. That's what happen to me.

as to your case, they probably just missed la. After all it's manual process lor

Yah, that's why I said that they may not be very stringent