HzSamer
Hello everyone
i have a question and i need an advice
i want to buy these parts from amazon :
amzn.com/B0006H92QK
amzn.com/B01E6T56CM
amzn.com/B00JHKSMJU
amzn.com/B00WSCOS4C
amzn.com/B00ASHQQKI
I have two options to ship them to Lebanon :
#1 :
My friend in america will buy and ship them to his adress then to lebanon with DHL maybe
2#:
My friend in Saudi Arabia will buy and ship them to his American shipping adress then he will ship them to Lebanon
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- I read in a topic that some members buy from shop and it put gift mark on the shipment to avoid paying customs, can my friend in America do the same and i will not payning anything for the customs ?
- If i ship them with the second option i will pay to Customs ? and how much ?
- What is the best carrier to Lebanon ?
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this is my first try to buy from amazon and i am afriad to pay a lot for the customs so if you can help me to decide
thank you
AVOlio
I suggest you go with the first option.
Let your friend buy the items there, but for shipping them here, let him not use DHL, but USPS instead.
If he uses DHL then you will definitely pay customs clearance to DHL here, tax and everything else.
But if he uses USPS, which is basically the postal office of the US, you might end up not paying anything at all, and at the end receiving your items from liban post.
Sure the process of shipping with USPS might take more time than DHL (although it depends on which plan your friend will ship it with, there are Many with different prices, determined by their shipping time), and then you have the handling of liban post that takes a lot of time, but the best part is, you will not pay anything extra this way.
Keep in mind that I did not look at the products you are buying,
So If they are small light weight items, and not very expensive, then you have like 95% chances of not paying anything extra.
But if they are heavy and expensive items, perhaps you need to pay, but I'm guessing less than what you will pay in DHL.
tiny-fx
if you use dhl, expect to pay 20% of the item value in tax. I'm not sure about usps but with dhl you will pay tax for sure. if you try another method, let us know what happens