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24th December 2009 #1
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Importing jewelery to the Philippines
Hi everyone,
this is my first post here. I was thinking of taking a new piece of jewelery to the Philippines as a gift, so I searched around to try to find what rate of duty I'd have to pay, and I came across something that said that you can't import anything with gold in it. Is this right? If not, does anyone know how much I would have to pay?
I was considering wearing it, and claiming that I always did, but it is an item (a pendant) that normally only a woman would wear, and I'm not sure I could be convincing as a transvestite. I also thought about claiming it had been my grandmother's, and that I wore it for emotional reasons.
Does anyone have any information or advice they could give me?
Thanks,
Tom
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24th December 2009 #2
i always have carried gold as presents to my sister and mum, some bought here others duty free, i cannot remember paying any sort of tax on it.
i think personally you will be ok as long as it is not a 'lot' of gold.God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people i had to kill because they pissed me off.
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24th December 2009 #3
has anyone ever had their bags searched by customs in the phils?
all the times I've been I've never seen anyone getting their luggage searched .
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24th December 2009 #5
i think the second time i went to phils my brother asked me to bring some cartons of cigs back for him, and when i picked my case up at Manchester int, one lock on the side of the case was open and someone had managed to get a couple of packets out of one of the cartons
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25th December 2009 #7
Well, there you have it, Tom! In the event, everyone who's greeted you so far, seems to think your "granny's" pendant WON'T turn out to be a "millstone" [more like a MILEstone, actually!] round your neck ... and, hopefully, that'll be the case, when you eventually travel to the Phils.
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25th December 2009 #8
Advice? you have just declared that you have "absloute intention" to circumvent the law in a foreign country in order to obtain a pecuniary advantage. And you say this on internet forum? pardon me but d'uh!
Best bet for you is don't try anything at all whatsoever, I don't intend to insult or disrespect you but why not not just buy something in Phillipines under guidance of a trusted local....
Not trying to be funny mate but perhaps you haven't travelled much before?
Could somebody in Phils look after this guy in buying gift for his GF???
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25th December 2009 #10
... Is the above statement not a wee bit of an exaggeration, Pete? After all, the guy's obviously been "doing his homework" in searching around to establish how to take a small item of jewellery into a foreign country [legitimately] by trying to ascertain the amount of customs duty that might be deemed necessary ... rather than risk breaching Immigration Rules. It's hardly an attempt to obtain a pecuniary advantage (in the form of smuggling), surely. Quite the reverse, to MY mind!
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25th December 2009 #15
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Thanks for your help everyone, and merry Christmas. I think maybe from what you've said, I'll take it in my hand luggage and hope for the best.
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25th December 2009 #16
Have you been getting lonely there Arthur talking to yourself?!
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I'm sure not a problem and you don't need to pay tax.
My 2 brods and sis from Middle East usually gives my Nanay gold jewelries and Nanay gave me some and I took 'em here and wore back home and no problem at all.
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