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Have you ordered from Temu?
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Lupus
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Sometimes they do
Very unlikely. Not sure where you live but I'd put the ETA at Tuesday for PE.
Anyone else getting their shipment handled by Speedaf/Meili?
Do they give you an invoice/breakdown of the cost calculation?
I've ordered an automatic watch, watch strap and a gaming mouse.
These items aren't for customs duty when I last checked.
My total is R1332 and they're charging me R420.50(~30%) for "VAT & Duty Amount to be paid".
Anyone had any luck with getting a detailed invoice from them?
Do they give you an invoice/breakdown of the cost calculation?
I've ordered an automatic watch, watch strap and a gaming mouse.
These items aren't for customs duty when I last checked.
My total is R1332 and they're charging me R420.50(~30%) for "VAT & Duty Amount to be paid".
Anyone had any luck with getting a detailed invoice from them?
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Electronics can get a bit higher tax
Eish...
I'll just have to try contact them again on Monday I guess...
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The watch may be considered luxury goods and the invoice breakdowns I've looked at from Buffalo are pretty useless.
I wouldn't bother, duties are near always between 20-30% in any case so it’s not far off and unless the duties are totally way off they won't budge, that's if you can even get a reply out of them which you probably won't.
i am in jhb
latest update:
arrived at site (BEAR-speedaf)
1 March 2025, 14:29
My shipment is also by speedaf, i did not get a breakdown and got charged about 31% "tax". They are probably making money off that as well.
I've got a response from Meili. They actually sent me an invoice:
My items don't don't qualify for customs duty, but then they charge R367.50 for import VAT on R1332 worth of items.
Meanwhile the actual calculation of VAT=((Customs Value+10% thereof)+Non-rebated duties)×15% is R219.78, not R367.50.
I've sent them a message with my temu invoices and calculation lol
Let's see how this goes.
Goodstuff, lets hold them accountable. I will do the same.
I got some comfortable shoes delivered on Monday.
Temu itself is fine and quick. The only issue I have is the couriers. Buffalo especially does not allow you to pick a delivery date and now it's mainly a guessing game of which day it will be.
Temu itself is fine and quick. The only issue I have is the couriers. Buffalo especially does not allow you to pick a delivery date and now it's mainly a guessing game of which day it will be.
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What was the order value and how much duties were you charged?
The order amount I paid was R780 and the custom duty was R210.
The 780 was because of discounts though. The actual value of the shoes came to 2,5k for 3 pairs.
I though that I could stack the Fishland discount with the Freereward credit back but it did not allow. I imagined using the R800 voucher of R2000 card with Freereward and getting back from 30% of the R2000/R1200 to use for the next purchase. Could only use the already earned credit.
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How does the free reward credit back work?