LebGeeks

infiniteloop

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

It took 35 days to get out of customs
Guess what?
they only have 1 person in the customs for all couriers

BahaaAY

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Finally i got an update (3 updates at once )

16/07/2023 15:53
Item departed to final destination
SINGAPORE-SGSINB
25/08/2023 12:07
Item received at Sorting Center
LEBANON-BEIRUT SORTING CENTRE
25/08/2023 12:08
Item handed over to Customs for clearance
LEBANON-BEIRUT SORTING CENTRE
25/08/2023 12:09
Item handed over to Customs for clearance Retention Reason: Awaiting presentation to customs commissioner
LEBANON-BEIRUT SORTING CENTRE

I hope it doesnt take that long with customs

Last edited by BahaaAY (August 25)

zizo99

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

I wanted to ask if anyone has been using Shop&Ship or any other courier service to ship items to Lebanon lately.
I've noticed that the customs charges are very exaggerated.

For instance, I bought some sleeves from Amazon for only $3, but I had to pay 900000 LBP, which is three times the actual price of the item.
Similarly, I purchased a keyboard for $23 but ended up paying 2,000,000 LBP just for customs. ironically they valued the keyboard "by themself" at 14,000,000 LBP ($157)
"chabeb ta7et arraro min rason ino ysa3ruwa hal2ad?!"

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution?

Last edited by zizo99 (3 weeks ago)

nosense

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

I wanted to ask if anyone has been using Shop&Ship or any other courier service to ship items to Lebanon lately.
I've noticed that the customs charges are very exaggerated.

For instance, I bought some sleeves from Amazon for only $3, but I had to pay 900000 LBP, which is three times the actual price of the item.
Similarly, I purchased a keyboard for $23 but ended up paying 2,000,000 LBP just for customs. ironically they valued the keyboard "by themself" at 14,000,000 LBP ($157)
"chabeb ta7et arraro min rason ino ysa3ruwa hal2ad?!"

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution?

same experience here, I paid $80 for a $200 item because they valued it at $450 for some reason and there's nothing to be done.

actual robbery.

Last edited by nosense (3 weeks ago)

infiniteloop

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Politicians desperately need to steal from us, nothing will change without a true revolution

xazbrat

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

Hey everyone, how are you all doing?

I wanted to ask if anyone has been using Shop&Ship or any other courier service to ship items to Lebanon lately.
I've noticed that the customs charges are very exaggerated.

For instance, I bought some sleeves from Amazon for only $3, but I had to pay 900000 LBP, which is three times the actual price of the item.
Similarly, I purchased a keyboard for $23 but ended up paying 2,000,000 LBP just for customs. ironically they valued the keyboard "by themself" at 14,000,000 LBP ($157)
"chabeb ta7et arraro min rason ino ysa3ruwa hal2ad?!"

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution?

If there is a big discrepancy, try emailing them and sending them a copy of your invoice and see if you can get that reconciled.  I have had them make errors before in my favor and against me but not to that extent. 

Anyhow good luck and let us know how that goes.

nuclearcat

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

On my experience in many countries, express shipment of items like Aramex, DHL, Fedex is good for items $100-$1000. Point is _express_, it means you need item urgently and ready to pay very premium (cross-border trade) for that.
Anything above or below it becomes headache.
If you are not ready to pay premium - better to search for alternative means of shipping (i didnt found anything in Lebanon :( , outside we was doing "group buying" for cheap items ).

NuclearVision

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i once. shipped a watch they valued it at 400 it qas way cheaper.
ai paid customs but not only that, there's also a special fee to be paid to allow them to clear expensive items on your behlaf so i also paid 50$ ... I stopped using shop and ship, was good during 3900 days but now its too expensive.
on another note, i've had multiple items shipped from china
all arrived on Nov 8,  presented to customs. some cleared after 1 week, some after 20days, but i still have 4 that didn't clear
i'm also paying 200, 000 lbp minimum for each item, some items even cost less rhan that
At least if they're gonna charge us, they should process our packages within consitent time frame.

zizo99

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i once. shipped a watch they valued it at 400 it qas way cheaper.
ai paid customs but not only that, there's also a special fee to be paid to allow them to clear expensive items on your behlaf so i also paid 50$ ... I stopped using shop and ship, was good during 3900 days but now its too expensive.
on another note, i've had multiple items shipped from china
all arrived on Nov 8,  presented to customs. some cleared after 1 week, some after 20days, but i still have 4 that didn't clear
i'm also paying 200, 000 lbp minimum for each item, some items even cost less rhan that
At least if they're gonna charge us, they should process our packages within consitent time frame.

I have never had any issues with Shop and Ship. I found them to be the fastest and cheapest among others (I am a Flex user); But, the customs prices are crazy.

What are you currently using as an alternative to Shop and Ship?
I'm planning to try shipping directly from Amazon to Lebanon in the future (many recommend doing that)

NuclearVision

Member

Re: Shipping from abroad (share your experience)

i once. shipped a watch they valued it at 400 it qas way cheaper.
ai paid customs but not only that, there's also a special fee to be paid to allow them to clear expensive items on your behlaf so i also paid 50$ ... I stopped using shop and ship, was good during 3900 days but now its too expensive.
on another note, i've had multiple items shipped from china
all arrived on Nov 8,  presented to customs. some cleared after 1 week, some after 20days, but i still have 4 that didn't clear
i'm also paying 200, 000 lbp minimum for each item, some items even cost less rhan that
At least if they're gonna charge us, they should process our packages within consitent time frame.

I have never had any issues with Shop and Ship. I found them to be the fastest and cheapest among others (I am a Flex user); But, the customs prices are crazy.

What are you currently using as an alternative to Shop and Ship?
I'm planning to try shipping directly from Amazon to Lebanon in the future (many recommend doing that)

I'm trying to limit my imports really, my old crocs died so i had to order one today, I used shopandship because i'm sure all together it will be cheaper than greedy mikesport who charges 100$ for 20$ slippers. So yeah, just the necessities.
shopandship are fast and reliable, about the delays i was talking about airmail from aliexpress.