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Buying a power cord from France, import duty and taxes?

Hi,

I would like to buy a used power cord (that was originally made in USA) from someone in France.  He said he would mark "US goods returned" on the package, so I won't have to pay any import duty and taxes.  Is this true?  Thanks for your comments and/or sharing your experience on buying overseas.

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roxy54
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Don't do it.
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nonoise
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I'v boughten several knives from France and never had a problem. No import duties or fees or any hang ups in customs. And these were knives; easily determined a weapon (of all things) and it all went smoothly.

What the seller is proposing is what I did when I bought an amp from PartsConnexion in Canada. I sent it back for a modification and was told to mark it as such and when they sent it back they marked it "returned goods" and it went smoothly. No added costs of any sort.

It doesn't mean that things will go smoothly for you so think carefully.

All the best,
Nonoise
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Thanks for all your comments.  And if I go through Paypal, then I should be protected if anything goes wrong, right?
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pbnaudio
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Since your buying from Europe, which Id have no hesitations doing, does the Power cord your buying have a US plug on it ?  If your handy it will not be an issue of course changing it if needed - but if not ?  

Good Listening


Peter
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Yes, the ad shows 15 Amp IEC US AC Plug.  Is that what's being used in France?  I believe France uses 220-240 volt, so does that mean they use a different plug?
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