Customs

[purplepennyhunter]

Are you not sending PCGS the customs specific form? It's been spoken about on the forum somewhere.

[trout]

Are you not sending PCGS the customs specific form? It's been spoken about on the forum somewhere.

OOPS.
I had a look at that form and you still have to declare a value of the coins and if that exceeds $1000 then Customs will hold the package anyway.
All my smaller 25-30 coin submissions have come through the system without a problem.
Its just to 2 larger submissions that I have had a drama with.

I think I will stick to sending smaller bunches of coins at a time and wear the extra postage costs because at the end of the day the customs costs and the lengthy delay justify it as far as I am concerned.

The last time this happened I had a submission at PCGS awaiting grading and it arrived at the same time that the package customs had held came back.
It took about 5 weeks from when the coins arrived in Aus to when I finally got them back from Customs. :dash1:

[drakesterling]

Or you can send your coins through an authorised dealer and let him stress over it.

[trout]

Or you can send your coins through an authorised dealer and let him stress over it.

I normally do send my gold and otherwise valuable coins via someone else :diablo:
I just really didn't think I would have a drama sending a bunch of relatively low value coins away.
Well I stuffed up big time  thinking that :dash1:
This is only my first year doing this and I have sent about 400 coins in 18 submissions away since last year.
I will get the hang of it eventually:angel:

[Goldseeker]

Seems like the customs are passing on an old military saying, Hurry up and wait!

[trout]

Seems like the customs are passing on an old military saying, Hurry up and wait!

I was thinking more like SNAFU :diablo::laugh2:

[Goldseeker]

What about FUBAR.............but not quite appropriate is it?

[trout]

What about FUBAR.............but not quite appropriate is it?

HeHeHe
Probably not but if you aren't Military or ex Military you probably wouldn't have a clue what we are talking about anyway :angel:

[Triggersmob]

What about FUBAR.............but not quite appropriate is it?

HeHeHe
Probably not but if you aren't Military or ex Military you probably wouldn't have a clue what we are talking about anyway :angel:

Thank heavens for Google then.

[robbiegal]

im not ex military
but I do know what a furby is and I think they all work at customs

[trout]

im not ex military
but I do know what a furby is and I think they all work at customs

HeHeHe, I haven't heard that one for a very long time :laugh2:

[JeffH]

And then there's SNAFU!

[Nevol]

Probably not but if you aren't Military or ex Military you probably wouldn't have a clue what we are talking about anyway

I'm neither, but I know exactly what you're talking about. :good:

[trout]

Probably not but if you aren't Military or ex Military you probably wouldn't have a clue what we are talking about anyway

I'm neither, but I know exactly what you're talking about. :good:

OOPS :blush:

[Nevol]

OOPS :blush:

No probs, I'm very broad minded. :winkextra: :whistle2: