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Buying a power cord from France, import duty and taxes?

Hi,

I would like to buy a used power cord (that was originally made in USA) from someone in France.  He said he would mark "US goods returned" on the package, so I won't have to pay any import duty and taxes.  Is this true?  Thanks for your comments and/or sharing your experience on buying overseas.

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mcgal
199 posts
 
I won't buy or sell anything outside of the USA. Too many problems can occur and shipping can be expensive, even with Canada.
respected_ent OP
189 posts
 
The seller is covering shipping and paypal fees.
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roxy54
7,819 posts
 
Don't do it.
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nonoise
10,670 posts
 
I'v boughten several knives from France and never had a problem. No import duties or fees or any hang ups in customs. And these were knives; easily determined a weapon (of all things) and it all went smoothly.

What the seller is proposing is what I did when I bought an amp from PartsConnexion in Canada. I sent it back for a modification and was told to mark it as such and when they sent it back they marked it "returned goods" and it went smoothly. No added costs of any sort.

It doesn't mean that things will go smoothly for you so think carefully.

All the best,
Nonoise
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