Ah, I did not realize that the value is assessed by the agent. I figured it was based on the actual paid/sale price. That would make it a risky proposition since the valuation can be much higher than what the actual value is.
The point is to buy it like in USA(400-500$). 650€ is still expensive for what it is
My friend the fees depend on the final sale value that a customs employee will wake up one day and will estimate how much it costs. They may value the watch as 800€ since they will see this price in Europe and then you need a lot of email and proof exchange to pay as you say. They may never accept the PayPal receipt. It depends on the employee.
The market disagrees with you.
But they are still possible to find - if you find one similar to the one I sold at $400-500, I'll be the first to congratulate you 😀
Where in the EU are you located? I know of no custom's authority in any country here that operates in that fashion, except when we're talking commodities like automobiles which are taxed according to specific regulations in the law.
I am in Greece. Everything bought above 22 (!) euros (imported from outside EU) in Greece is taxed at 24%, and a fixed amount for processing and payment of the agent, and some other taxes in percent which I don't really understand. A good example is an electronic devise I bought form china which costed 26 euros, they charged me 33 euros extra, so the 24% is not always 24%. You will never know how much they will charge you. In addition this was charged by the normal Greek public post office, so I can not even imagine how a private courier like Fedex would charge!!! At first they did not accept my paypal receipt , and they asked for a link of this device that the amount of 26 euros would be shown. It took me 2 months to get the product, and still I got it more than double price. Maybe I was unlucky, maybe the agent was wrong... However after this incident I stopped buying watches and other products outside EU.
As far as the "c case" constellation, I have found recently lots of examples in Japan and in USA selling at 400-500 dollars.
