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I just got my pens today. Customs released my package 18/12/2014, but I only got the arrival notification and tax notice 24/12 at 12:45, so everything was already closed. I had to pay 49,25BRL in taxes at the mail office to get it. The exchange rate used to calculate the tax due was from 09/12. For some reason customs decided not to charge any taxes on my ErgoDox Wrist Rest, which arrived a lot faster than the pens, despite being shipped two weeks later.
Books are exempt from taxes, so it was probably a mistake. Every time I get something through a courier service or priority mail I get taxed, no matter how little I paid for the product. Whenever I have a choice, I avoid couriers and express delivery like a plague. It just shaves off a few days if everything goes right, and I always end up paying almost as much in taxes and fees as I paid for the product. And if something goes wrong, it can be a bitter experience.
Once I was asked to pay over 300 BRL for a 10 USD product (that's including the shipping cost) in taxes and other fees on a piece of educational software. It was really ridiculous, after spending quite a bit of money on long distance calls trying to find out if it was some mistake I gave up. I still got some angry calls from someone in the courier service asking for money and just told them to return it to the sender or throw it in the garbage. After a few months it was sent to me.