We had boxes sent from Australia with mostly used clothes, toys and homeschooling material. Personal items brought to Thailand are legally free from customs duty if I have a work permit (which I do) but the customs department at the airport are asking for THB 25,000 (AU$923) as customs and other charges to clear the items. All the items in the boxes combined are probably not worth that much. It is so unreasonable.
But we are in a bind. It has cost AU$600 to send the boxes to Thailand. Some foreigners in this situation have basically told customs that they can keep the boxes and they'll just buy everything new, after which customs have dramatically reduced the fee.
But our son's school shoes are in the boxes which we needed last week as well as personal things which we'd really like as soon as possible. It's got me so angry and I'm normally a pretty calm guy. We are trying to negotiate with customs now. But everyday that passes they levy a storage cost for the boxes.
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Hey guys, how frustrating! want us to post some shoes?!! We'll pray for a quick and reasonable resolution...
Thanks for the offer Dene. But we have to decline. They will probably charge us more than the cost of the shoes to clear it from customs. Cheaper to buy it here.
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