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Potential buyer asked me to put a lower value on customs form...would you do it?

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Would you falsify the value on a claims form if asked by a buyer?  

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  1. 1. Would you falsify the value on a claims form if asked by a buyer?

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Inhuman Fiend

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I've sold to Canadian board members and I put a lower MV for them....doesn't matter for insurance claims (if there was one). I don't see that it's a big deal...at least for board members. I wouldn't do that for an eBay transaction, but then again, I don't sell to international bidders on eBay.

 

I would do the same for a board member, but this is for a random guy on eBay...

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I've sold to Canadian board members and I put a lower MV for them....doesn't matter for insurance claims (if there was one).

 

Are you sure about that? My understanding is that if you put a declared value on a package that's lower than the insured value, the declared value is what you'll be getting back in case of a claim ...

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I've sold to Canadian board members and I put a lower MV for them....doesn't matter for insurance claims (if there was one).

 

Are you sure about that? My understanding is that if you put a declared value on a package that's lower than the insured value, the declared value is what you'll be getting back in case of a claim ...

 

Of course it is. You think insurance companies operate on the honor system? If you declare the value of a item to a Foreign government, you think the insurance company will pay you a different dollar amount. Unequivocally not.

 

The carrier will cover up to the declared value. If no value is declared they will set a cap of what they are willing to pay. You may think your doing a nice thing, in reality you are limiting your coverage to whatever amount that you are illegally declaring.

 

 

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Sanj Mitra

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funny I've only had this happen with with yanks.

 

Not sure what you mean...the US doesn't charge any duty taxes or anything like that on international parcels. (shrug)

they want breaks and just like everybody else (shrug) I voted don't sell to canadians (thumbs u

 

Me too :sumo:

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Designer Toast

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My brother in law and his wife used to go into Canada doing professional horse training and horse shows. They claimed *everything* at the border including all the promotional material they sold down to the been they brought with them.

 

Another trainer they knew lied about selling horse training videos and books, got caught, and they booted her from the country telling her to never come back. The Canadian government don't play around with no monkey business, yo. :sumo:

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So a potential buyer on a Hulk 162 CGC 9.4 book (about $120 current GPA) asked me that if he won the book, would I put a lower value on the customs form (he lives in Canada). I've been asked this from time to time and have actually done it a few times, even putting "gift" on the form but I really don't like doing it and wonder how big of a deal it is.

What would you do?

 

I used to do that but I've had a few bad experiences so I no longer do it. I don't even mark it as a gift anymore. I fill it out 100% accurate and it saves me alot of headaches.

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NewWorldOrder

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nothing against canadians, but the only times i've had really bad ebay problems were with canadian buyers....maybe just bad luck. I had a string once of 5 straight auctions won by canadians and all 5 were NPB (not the same guy).

 

One guy sent me a canadian money order after i insisted that i had no way to cash it, no bank near me would honor it. He poo poo'd my concerns and sent it anyway. Needless to say 10 years later it's still in my top dresser drawer uncashed.

 

I've had plenty of bad luck with Canadian and American buyers. It happens.

 

I find it amazing that US banks won't honour Canadian money orders. I don't think there is a bank in Canada that would refuse to honour a US money order. They may put a hold on it (my bank does over a certain amount) until it clears but they would cash it nonetheless.

 

 

Always being desired sucks. :cool:

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So a potential buyer on a Hulk 162 CGC 9.4 book (about $120 current GPA) asked me that if he won the book, would I put a lower value on the customs form (he lives in Canada). I've been asked this from time to time and have actually done it a few times, even putting "gift" on the form but I really don't like doing it and wonder how big of a deal it is.

What would you do?

 

I used to do that but I've had a few bad experiences so I no longer do it. I don't even mark it as a gift anymore. I fill it out 100% accurate and it saves me alot of headaches.

 

What were the bad experiences? (shrug)

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I ask all the time but then I mention of they cant do it then don't worry about it.

some will declare lower value, some will not.

I even had comicconnect do it without me asking

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I wouldn't suggest it and for $120 he likely won't even be charged. I do mark gift often because in my case I paid duty when I bought them. I paid brokerage when I CGC'd them and if I kept every tracking number I could theoretically mark them as US goods returned.

 

This... 9 times out of 10, Canada Customs doesn't bother with duty on comics. I've had books declared at $1000 and more come from the US without duty.

 

Worst case, your buyer is looking at 5% GST on $120 plus a $5 customs fee, which is $11. If he can't handle a small risk of paying an extra $11, he shouldn't be buying from out of the country. 2c

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