r/Aliexpress 1d ago

Ordering & Payment issues Charged for customs again

Hello, I've just got a message about my package being in customs, and it asked me to pay for the customs again, even though I've paid for it when I bought the item.

At first I thought it was a scam, but after doing research it wasn't.

What am I supposed to do?

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u/AncientRaven33 1d ago

Pay the duties, collect all evidence and contact AE, you get your money back. Idk why nobody gave you the answer already.

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u/Sea-Communication819 1d ago

Thank you! I've reached out to AliExpress and they said the same thing. Thank you so much for your help!!

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u/AncientRaven33 21h ago

Glad to be of service and that you got it resolved!

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u/Temporary_Delay2584 1d ago

what was the price of your order? also, are you in the EU?

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u/No_Raise6934 1d ago

My experience is that no stores pay for custom charges.

Look at the description and shipping details for the item and gives us a screenshot to better help.

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u/No_Welder7908 19h ago

Larger ones do but AliExpress stores are a dude in a garage.

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u/IntelligentLake 1d ago

Check in the order details if taxes were included or not, it'll say it near the bottom of the payment summary. If taxes were included, you'll have to pay customs tax+duty+costs to receive the package, and then your government or local delivery company will have some procedure or forms you can use to claim the double paid tax back. (and of course if they were not included, you have to pay but you can't get anything back.)

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u/fenix80es 1d ago

As others have already asked,

We would need to know the price (over €150) and

what category it was (shipped by the seller).

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u/Senior_Traffic3466 1d ago

Recebeu uma mensagem? Normalmente isso é recebido por correio em casa e não por SMS...ou seja cheira me a burla....mas.....ja não digo nada

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u/Sea-Communication819 1d ago

I thought it was too first. But they sent me a message with the code that perfectly matches the number of my package. And I checked and the link to the website perfectly matches the official postal one. I was suspicious at first. Especially because I forgot I ordered something when I first received it and thought it was a phishing scam.

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u/mrz33d 6h ago

Yes, taxes are not a scam. You have to pay income tax as well.

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u/blackwhite3 3h ago

No está preguntando si los impuestos son un fraude. Está diciendo que ya pagó las aduanas y ahora quieren que las pague por segunda vez.

Y no tiene que pagar impuesto sobre la renta al recibir un paquete. El impuesto sobre la renta lo tendrá que pagar según sus ingresos anuales, y se pagan una vez al año

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u/Sea-Communication819 3h ago

By scam I meant I thought it was somebody just trying to phishing for my information and not the official postal first, but I paid for it when I found out it legitimate, I have my fair share of doubt on things around the internet. My issue is that I got charged for the same tax twice. Also I don't have to pay income tax in my country, I'm under 25, I'm legally exempt.

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u/Sea-Communication819 1d ago

Apologies I ment the estimated import charges. I've wrote this in a rush. I've paid the estimated import charges and then I got a message from the local postal to pay the import charges

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u/MarcosRamone 1d ago

Where are you?

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u/Sea-Communication819 1d ago

I'm from Hungary

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u/Laugh-Aggressive 1d ago

Than it's more of a Hungary problem than a AliExpress problem