M5 was through free airmail. On 21 the postman came & demanded to pay Rs.1690/- as duty before handing over the package. I straight away denied stating excess duty.. BTW I had paid 1710 approx. (27.77 usd)
Immediately called up postal appraisal section of Mumbai foreign post office & they too mentioned not to accept & send a letter stating reason a long with invoice & payment proof.
I had to visit the postmaster of my local post office after the postman took the package. As on today its with customs for reassessment of duty.
Things to be noted is that:
1)Free shipping/air mail etc dont get much customs attraction (small items)
2)if it is declared as a gift,even if its not a small package then you are safe (yup)
3)i am not aware if mp4 nation have warehouses outside hongkong ,that may have costed extra customs
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Anyways If customs have been evaluated properly it would have cost an extra ~500 and what you got was an whopping ~100 % customs ,mostly an odd case(sure it must be mistake)
I think the guys from mp4nation are nice and you will get a refund if you send it back
