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Hi all
(not sure it's the right place for this topic - I hesitated to post it in "After the ride"...)

I wonder how long the Customs process takes, and what % of taxes we can expect.
I think this might be interesting for a lot of people who are still hesitating to purchase a frame or components from China
I found some information on the forum, but usaually it's just a few words in a thread - not easy to have a synthesis

I've already bought a frame from Peter, and it's currently blocked at Customs, ... since the 20th of October morning
I exchanged a little with Peter, asked him if he could share something with me about that (as I 'm a newbie for that (everything starts one day :-) )  and he did but each country has its specificities 

so the idea for that post is to give a summary of our different experiences country by country...

I'll share mine when everything will be completed - what I can already share is that the process is taking minimum 3 days for France!

Advice: you have to keep an eye on the tracking information - in my case, it was mentionned "Held for customs inspection", " Contact the sender or recipient in process for missing documents" but noone contacted me nor Peter... I contated the Customs Office to get more information, and provided the proof of buy.... and since... I've been waiting

the information could be listed in a chart like this:

Country:

France

Process duration:

minimum time for the process: 3 days (as of Customs have all documents

% of taxes:

? don't know yet

Advice:

prepare a copy of your Paypal payment (.pdf) and send it to : douane.import@client-chronopost.fr (email title = tracking number), plus "Je soussigné xxxxxxxx, m’engage à régler les droits et taxes à la livraison de mon colis N° yyyyyyyyy. "

 

Hi all

I've just bought a FM-196 frame via a reseller (French) - simply to avoid boring problems with customs (in France we often have this for all goods coming from China)

I want to know who is really the manufacturer but the reseller remains mute on that ...
I found some guys who have bought some frames via this reseller, and comment are very good... and that decided me to buy
but I still would like to know who is the manufacturer
the only sign I could find is a sticker "FM-196" and 17.5"size sticker inside the headtube

so is there a way ( a kind of signature) to find who is the manufacturer?

thanks in advance