Dave, quite right..............I have done some importing from China previously direct from the manufacturer. When I ordered the samples, these came in by courier and being only 4 items it was fairly painless. I paid the courier the import charges being duty and VAT.
But when I ordered 50 units of the item I had to import via a clearing agent and had to supply my importers number for clearing purposes. Further if the amount exceeds ( I think R 50,000 or R 100,000 ) you have to complete a F178 document for the bank . ( I am not sure about the Paypal route )
So I say again, if it is for 1 or 2 items at a time I do not see a problem but if you want to make a living from this and do reselling, you have to do some homework first.
Further, if everyone on this forum starts buying from Robinson ( and from his website ) the one's and two's , is there still a place in the sun for the reseller ?
With all respect to Robinson's effort........there are so many websites out there with similar goods that you simply order and it gets sent to your address all charges included that one wonders if this plane will fly the way it is pictured !
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