PCGS submissions, Grading Opinions

[robbiegal]

I got a bill from Customs and had to pay a Tax on the shipping and insurance of $48.85 WTF.
I've had 335 coins either graded or waiting to be graded this year and now the Customs ratbags want a cut of the pie as well :dash1:
It's not just the extra cost that annoys me it is the extended delay of getting my coins back.

have other pcgs submitters had to pay this tax?

[duggee27]

this is winging its way back from u.s.

http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/30435071.html

its ok can do better ... if trout lets some go :angel:

[Fr45h3R]

I got a bill from Customs and had to pay a Tax on the shipping and insurance of $48.85 WTF.
I've had 335 coins either graded or waiting to be graded this year and now the Customs ratbags want a cut of the pie as well :dash1:
It's not just the extra cost that annoys me it is the extended delay of getting my coins back.

have other pcgs submitters had to pay this tax?

Yep.
If the declared value of the coins + declared value of the service exceeds $1000, then customs may hold the package.
The declared value of the coins are exempt from GST, but we had to pay GST on the services (10%) plus a processing fee from customs.

[Nightparrot]

Is the answer to send smaller consignments? Maybe the extra post cancels it out?

[nealeffendi]

Fully O/T but Ausjack is partly right. Pollies perks are small beer compared to the billion dollars wasted on "illegals" every month (yes, month- not year). There are over 100 thousand on welfare, the cost of running detention centres is 150-200 million/month and they can eat lobster and other luxury food in detention (at our expense). Have a number of contacts who work in the centres and they have to deal with mother f#@##$rs who insist on prawns as the main component of their diet, to avoid riots it is Immigration policy to give in to those demands.
Meanwhile I have relatives back in Africa who have to wait in the queue for legal migration (even though there is a civil war with ISIS beheading people):pirate:
So they need your money Trout to pay for the lobster.

[ausjack]

PRAWNS, that's it I'm becoming an illegal immigrant

this is winging its way back from u.s.

http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/30435071.html

its ok can do better ... if trout lets some go :angel:

:drooling: very nice and well done duggee :good:

[Fr45h3R]

Is the answer to send smaller consignments? Maybe the extra post cancels it out?

It really depends. The postage does become cheaper as the number of coins increases , but then the total grading fee is also higher.
I've seen packages come through that were over the $1000 mark the were held by customs, and then others that were higher value that weren't.
Best to factor the price into the submission if you know its going to be over $1000.

[Nightparrot]

Is the answer to send smaller consignments? Maybe the extra post cancels it out?

It really depends. The postage does become cheaper as the number of coins increases , but then the total grading fee is also higher.
I've seen packages come through that were over the $1000 mark the were held by customs, and then others that were higher value that weren't.
Best to factor the price into the submission if you know its going to be over $1000.

Thanks

[wwwww]

I got a bill from Customs and had to pay a Tax on the shipping and insurance of $48.85 WTF.
I've had 335 coins either graded or waiting to be graded this year and now the Customs ratbags want a cut of the pie as well :dash1:
It's not just the extra cost that annoys me it is the extended delay of getting my coins back.

$48.85 is the processing fee. You pay it on anything that goes through customs - you can't avoid it, even if Australia Post loses your parcel after it's cleared customs they won't refund it.

[trout]

I got a bill from Customs and had to pay a Tax on the shipping and insurance of $48.85 WTF.
I've had 335 coins either graded or waiting to be graded this year and now the Customs ratbags want a cut of the pie as well :dash1:
It's not just the extra cost that annoys me it is the extended delay of getting my coins back.

$48.85 is the processing fee. You pay it on anything that goes through customs - you can't avoid it, even if Australia Post loses your parcel after it's cleared customs they won't refund it.

That would be like having to pay a fee if a copper pulls you over for a random breath test :dodgy:

[stevo1962]

That would be like having to pay a fee if a copper pulls you over for a random breath test :dodgy:

Unfortunately they make the rules

[nealeffendi]

I got a bill from Customs and had to pay a Tax on the shipping and insurance of $48.85 WTF.
I've had 335 coins either graded or waiting to be graded this year and now the Customs ratbags want a cut of the pie as well :dash1:
It's not just the extra cost that annoys me it is the extended delay of getting my coins back.

$48.85 is the processing fee. You pay it on anything that goes through customs - you can't avoid it, even if Australia Post loses your parcel after it's cleared customs they won't refund it.

That would be like having to pay a fee if a copper pulls you over for a random breath test :dodgy:

Shush up Trout, you don't want to give the cops any ideas.

[trout]

I paid the fee/fine on the 12th, Still NO coins at the post office :dash1:

I have just stripped and saflipped 5 Wedding sets ready to send off to the plastics factory along with a few other coins.
I had a real good long hard look at the Wedding set coins and couldn't find a single blemish on any of them, They all look immaculate .
Maybe just maybe I might crack a couple of MS70 grades with this bunch,
I have sent hundreds of coins away to be graded and haven't been able to achieve a MS70 grade yet.

[trout]

Just got the results back fro a 25 coin submission, it only took 18 working days.
This is the fastest turn around I have ever had, Just hope the Customs don't stuff me around again.
My Dollar coins did OK, a couple of disappointments but over all I am happy with them.

2011 MOR Silver Proof PR68DC
2012 MOR Silver Proof PR69DC
2014 MOR Silver Proof PR69DC
2014 MOR Al-Br MS66,MS66 and MS65
2014 red Bull Ant MS68
2014 Grasshopper MS69
2014m A voyage to Terra Australis MS67
2011 Census Centenary Al-Br MS66

[ausjack]

Nice results mate and hope you jag that 70 and hope I'm not far behind