Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
Dec 20th 2005, 6:52 am
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
Martin Bienwald wrote:
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > When I first visited Germany I wanted to mail some stuff (paper
> > ephemera) back to the States, I wrapped the parcel as I would at home.
> > I was a bit dismayed to learn that in Germany you take the parcel to
> > the post office *unwrapped* so the contents can be vetted, etc. and
> > only then can the parcel be wrapped/prepared for shipping :-|
> I didn't know that myself, and I've been living in Germany all my life.
> I've always brought my parcels to the post office completely wrapped.
> Maybe you're confusing something: there is a heavily reduced rate for
> shipping books (and some other printed matter). Such a parcel must be
> wrapped in a way that allows it to be opened and re-closed by the postal
> service at random inspections (to check that it contains only items
> to which the reduced postage applies).
That's it, it was about 5 kilos of books, etc, e.g. "drucksache"...
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Greg
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > When I first visited Germany I wanted to mail some stuff (paper
> > ephemera) back to the States, I wrapped the parcel as I would at home.
> > I was a bit dismayed to learn that in Germany you take the parcel to
> > the post office *unwrapped* so the contents can be vetted, etc. and
> > only then can the parcel be wrapped/prepared for shipping :-|
> I didn't know that myself, and I've been living in Germany all my life.
> I've always brought my parcels to the post office completely wrapped.
> Maybe you're confusing something: there is a heavily reduced rate for
> shipping books (and some other printed matter). Such a parcel must be
> wrapped in a way that allows it to be opened and re-closed by the postal
> service at random inspections (to check that it contains only items
> to which the reduced postage applies).
That's it, it was about 5 kilos of books, etc, e.g. "drucksache"...
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Greg
Dec 20th 2005, 6:38 pm
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>> Wow that IS a shock! Is this true only in Germany or also
>> elsewhere...???
>I don't know where else it's that way.
I had to pay tax on the postage of things from the UK to Austria (before it
joined the EU) so I assume that's still similar. However, I've only had
small packets sent to Austria from the US and never had to pay any duty.
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Tim C.
>> Wow that IS a shock! Is this true only in Germany or also
>> elsewhere...???
>I don't know where else it's that way.
I had to pay tax on the postage of things from the UK to Austria (before it
joined the EU) so I assume that's still similar. However, I've only had
small packets sent to Austria from the US and never had to pay any duty.
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Tim C.
Dec 20th 2005, 6:46 pm
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
> to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
> and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
We sent literally dozens of boxes by surface mail to the UK, and not
only did they all arrive safely (anywhere from 2-8 weeks) but we only
had a charge slapped on one box, that contained some my partners (quite
old!) commercial audio cassettes. It was about �20, which was annoying,
but seemed a bit random to me.
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> For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
> to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
> and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
We sent literally dozens of boxes by surface mail to the UK, and not
only did they all arrive safely (anywhere from 2-8 weeks) but we only
had a charge slapped on one box, that contained some my partners (quite
old!) commercial audio cassettes. It was about �20, which was annoying,
but seemed a bit random to me.
--
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
Dec 21st 2005, 4:10 am
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th'
barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote:
> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
>>to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
>>and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
>
>
> That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
She didn't mention one, so I assume there was not.
barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote:
> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
>>to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
>>and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
>
>
> That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
She didn't mention one, so I assume there was not.
Dec 27th 2005, 3:24 am
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:42:31 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I did not pay VAT on stuff I mailed back from Germany to America. Nor on
>postage.
That's because the US doesn't have VAT. The European VAT doesn't apply
to goods shipped out of the EU. However, it does apply to good shipped
into the EU.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>I did not pay VAT on stuff I mailed back from Germany to America. Nor on
>postage.
That's because the US doesn't have VAT. The European VAT doesn't apply
to goods shipped out of the EU. However, it does apply to good shipped
into the EU.
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Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Dec 27th 2005, 3:24 am
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Re: Parcel post from U.S. to Germany - time?
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:46:29 +0000, [email protected]
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
>> to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
>> and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
>That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
>We sent literally dozens of boxes by surface mail to the UK, and not
>only did they all arrive safely (anywhere from 2-8 weeks) but we only
>had a charge slapped on one box, that contained some my partners (quite
>old!) commercial audio cassettes. It was about �20, which was annoying,
>but seemed a bit random to me.
It's very random in Italy. My daughter was in a remote village in
Ghana last year and did a good bit of Christmas shopping on the
internet, having the packages sent here, where the whole family was
gathering for Christmas. Two packages had really outrageous charges
slapped on, and two others had no charges. One of the packages with no
charges contained the most valuable gifts.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> For anyone who actually cares, my niece e-mailed yesterday
>> to say the package had arrived (presumably intact) and she
>> and her room-mate are enjoying the contents,
>That's good. Take it there was no extra charge?
>We sent literally dozens of boxes by surface mail to the UK, and not
>only did they all arrive safely (anywhere from 2-8 weeks) but we only
>had a charge slapped on one box, that contained some my partners (quite
>old!) commercial audio cassettes. It was about �20, which was annoying,
>but seemed a bit random to me.
It's very random in Italy. My daughter was in a remote village in
Ghana last year and did a good bit of Christmas shopping on the
internet, having the packages sent here, where the whole family was
gathering for Christmas. Two packages had really outrageous charges
slapped on, and two others had no charges. One of the packages with no
charges contained the most valuable gifts.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
