I'm shipping a package overseas, Can I lie on the customs declaration? I don't want to put "laptop" there.

[Cdubneeddeal]

For China I would suggest DHL. For China customs, they're phenomenal for clearing items quick. Is that $205 for Intl Express? I wouldn't lie on the CI. Nothing worse than having it go through customs and they decide to check it, then they have to get in touch with you, and then you need to re-create the customs invoice, then fax it to them. Can be a very lengthy process.

 

[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: steppinthrax
The problem is that it's costing 205 with DHL or USP just to ship 20.00 lbs. That is a laptop and a couple of toy cameras for my daughter. That's insane considering I bought this $275 1.5 gig dell laptop and that fisher price toy camera is like 60 something. WTF....

You want it to get through or not?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Spend the extra $800 and deliver yourself as the present.:gift:

 

[erub]

I was in China this summer, and my mom sent me two packages (one was some drugs I needed, and now I can't remember the other one?) One was shipped via FedEx and cost like $80. It got there within a week. The other was sent USPS (Priority Mail?) and it took 2-3 weeks to get there, but made it ok, cost was around $10. She sent it to an office at the university where I was studying, fwiw. I also bought some artwork while I was there and sent it back to the USA in big boxes, spent $35 shipping the $15 items..came in 3 weeks or so.