On Aug 16, 3:00 pm, Steve Kramer wrote:
> the wharf rat wrote:
>
> > I have some steel pieces I want to send to a friend
> > overseas (I'm in the U.S.). Most of it's small pieces like
> > broken saw blades and machine shop scrap and such, but there's
> > 3 3/4" drill rods and a 3 foot long strip of 1095... How do
> > I pack all that stuff up and send it to the other side of
> > the world? :-) I'm concerned because the rods are heavy and
> > sharp and I'm afraid they'll poke through whatever packaging
> > I come up with and then everything will fall out.
>
> > Should I just wrap it all up in duct tape and put a stamp on it?
>
> > I'm going to declare it as "industrial steel scrap for
> > scientific experiment: value $50.00 US" on the customs form...
>
> I get stuff like this often from various parts of the world, shipped to
> me here in Thailand. The best way to pack long heavy things with sharp
> corners is in cardboard mailing tubes. You can buy them from many post
> offices or office supply stores. Tape all the pieces together tightly,
> then wrap in several sheets of news paper. Wad up some newspaper and
> stuff it into the end of the tube, taping over the ends with fiberglass
> reinforced tape, put in the steel and stuff more newspaper around it so
> it doesn't rattle around too much, and fill the end of the tube with
> more wadded up news paper and secure with reinforced tape. I don't know
> where you are sending this, but for me, I'd prefer a value of $5 US on
> it myself. Some countries play dirty tricks with import duties. On the
> first order I made from Thailand,
> use UPS or FedEx as they have their own customs holding house. Now I
> have everything shipped to me via air parcel post, and never pay more
> than a couple of bucks in duties.
>
> Steve Kramer
> "PhotoEnvisions" Photography
> Chiang Mai, Thailandhttp://www.photoenvisions.com- Hide quoted text -
>
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Steve Kramer writes:
I was charged $100 USD import duties
> by Thai Customs for a $150 USD monopod.
Say Hey Stevie:
That is absolutely bulls*it and you know it. Today I was charged 324
(about $10.45) baht for a item that was declared around $100 USD. Try
and get over those yarns sea traveler!
5555 Yee-haw !!
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