This is my order but was separated into 11 packages with different quantities
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what was the total order value? Around R2000 would make the R494.52 reasonable.
Have you so far only paid the R494.52?
Yes that's all I paid, but that was for 10 of the 97 I ordered. I got other requests for tax payments around R400 each waiting for patient
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I get that you are having a hard time with the multiple billings, but R400 tax on a R1600 order is 25% which appears to be on par for these orders.
Sucks that its being charged on each package.
yes, it looks like they are charging tax on the total order for every parcel
They base the tax amount on the R4000.
EDIT: Remove the attachment/picture - it has your contact/address details.
with the latest email you got to pay the taxes on the 2nd parcel, is there not a invoice/document that you can download to see what the value of the parcel is?
Unfortunately not, all you get is pieces in the package and it's always the split amount, not the total.
But that would still put this at over R100 percent tax rate? Customs is 22 percent on orders under R500 from what I remember, if looking at each package individually so that's at most R80 for a pack of 10, then not sure if they adding vat yet
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There is definitely something screwed up, as someone else mentioned they have attached the same commercial invoice with the same order total to each shipment so Buffalo customs is billing you the duties you would pay for the entire order onto each separate shipment. It’s a pity you paid any duties thus far because you may need to discard all the shipments because trying to make sense with Buffalo or Temu may be difficult. Then you may be able to go the chargeback method to get your money back from what you paid for the order.
494.52 / 4038 = 12.24%? Or am, I missing something? Are you saying ONE parcel was R240 and got charged R494.52 - and you still have to pay for the other (4038-240) of parcels?
Correct although the amount varies based on how many in each parcel. 8 in a parcel, 400, 10, 494.52. so they are charging roughly 50 rand tax for each unit, which cost R24 after discount offered.
no, I think the tax will be on either R2328 or R1678
I would agree, I work for accountants and tax is calculated on invoice amount paid, not original amount before any discounts are given. I paid 1678 amount, not R4000.
Buffalo got this wrong somewhere
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have all the parcels now got separate Buffalo tracking data?
How did you contact Buffalo? What number/email? Maybe send them a copy of the Temu Receipt that you can get off the Temu website - that should highlight that your order total includes 11? parcels
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Correct you are only are liable for duties on the actual invoice amount paid.
I called, but the call centre staff don't understand how taxes work, because she said it's Sars tax rates and that's all she knows. So I have a email chain now which ended with me asking their accounting department to call me. The email chain contains answers to questions never asked, generic responses etc.
Let's see what happens.
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I started the second round on the 11th and collected to 85% on the 12th trying to gauge when the real slowdown should start, and collected 3 fish without feeding over the next week - stacking up to 4000 food yesterday. Resumed feeding with most of the fish were taking 5 feedings (the 10, then later 20), but the gold coins collected were 0.6%, then 0.5%, then 0.2, 0.1, 0.05.... etc per fish collected. The first round were a solid 1 coin/fish, but were requiring a lot of the feedings to collect a fish.
That 4000 fed yesterday moved me to 99.8x% which surprised me to close in so quickly in 12 days. Sure I know that they have likely used some psychological trick to keep me interested and the feedings required will shoot up, but for some moments I was wondering if there were a glitch. The first round took about 5 months to move across the 9x% - so I am kinda wondering if I misremembered and was actually quickly into the 99.9x% the first time, and then moving the snails pace across the 99.9x% range in the 5 months. Maybe they just changed the way they do the 2nd round with the fishes getting collected more quickly but the gold coins in the smaller fractions the closer to the goal.
I felt humiliated in the first round when I realised how much of a scam it was so I was obstinate to complete and take the prize. Did not mean to start another round, but the item I bought with the discount is so nice that I got sucked in again.
Yeh, that's my understanding of how it's supposed to work - but from experience, that's not how these guys are doing it (Buffalo, SkyNet, etc).
Wouldn't suprise me if they do it properly with SARS, and pocket the difference.
