Last month memebox gave me a code for free shipping for orders more than $30 in the shop! This was one of the VIP benefits! I decided to use this code as a lot of the masks were in offer at that time! I chose a lot of nice masks and I managed to get 30 masks and 6 nose pore strips for $31! That's a bargain! But I had a small adventure with customs before I receive my goodies...This is what I ordered:
The YET set of masks is adorable and I wanted to buy them for a friend! Even if you can't see a difference in your skin, they definitely make you smile! How cute!!!
This is another set that is a gift, foot, hair and lip mask! Another adorable brand! This time it's Sally's Box!
I placed my order on the 2nd of October but the order was shipped two weeks after, on the 16th... I was pretty disappointed I had to wait for so long... But I thought, it's fine, anyway I wasn't in a hurry. The shipping was standard and I could track it down. It arrived in UK pretty fast but it stayed in customs a bit longer than my previous boxes. I started getting worried... 16 days (!!!) after the parcel was shipped I got a grey card from the post office. It was my bill from customs... £23.68!!! I was shocked by the amount I had to pay! It must have been a mistake! I only paid $31 and I had to pay more than the parcel itself was worth?? Ridiculous!
I called customs only to find out that memebox wrote down as value for my box $128!!!! That was crazy! 4 times more than what I had paid! Clearly a mistake. I contacted memebox and I have to say that they did try to handle the situation in an efficient way. They recognised their mistake and offered me $19 in memepoints, equivalent to the difference between the customs I paid and the customs I should have paid if the right value was printed on the box. What I should have paid for a $31 parcel is £8 for handling fees + 20% the value of the box (around £3.70), in total £11.70.
At the end I received my parcel 37 days after I ordered it and I paid my masks ~30% more, because of customs, around £30 in total, making each mask worth £1. Still, it's not bad, but a bit disappointed I had to pay customs. I guess this is a risk we take when ordering online items from another country! I think I will not place another order with memeshop, until I am sure that there will be no mistake with the pricing! If I have to pay customs, I should pay the right amount and not go back and forth with emails, taking pictures of receipts, paying at the post office, etc. Memeboxes give me enough joy for now and I don't have to pay customs for them! (at least I never had to pay customs so far!) I can't wait to see what new boxes will be released this week!
I called customs only to find out that memebox wrote down as value for my box $128!!!! That was crazy! 4 times more than what I had paid! Clearly a mistake. I contacted memebox and I have to say that they did try to handle the situation in an efficient way. They recognised their mistake and offered me $19 in memepoints, equivalent to the difference between the customs I paid and the customs I should have paid if the right value was printed on the box. What I should have paid for a $31 parcel is £8 for handling fees + 20% the value of the box (around £3.70), in total £11.70.
At the end I received my parcel 37 days after I ordered it and I paid my masks ~30% more, because of customs, around £30 in total, making each mask worth £1. Still, it's not bad, but a bit disappointed I had to pay customs. I guess this is a risk we take when ordering online items from another country! I think I will not place another order with memeshop, until I am sure that there will be no mistake with the pricing! If I have to pay customs, I should pay the right amount and not go back and forth with emails, taking pictures of receipts, paying at the post office, etc. Memeboxes give me enough joy for now and I don't have to pay customs for them! (at least I never had to pay customs so far!) I can't wait to see what new boxes will be released this week!
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