same, I had my order controlled right below 500 but the invoice showing the amount before my discount code was applied, which was slightly above 500, guess that's the reason why it caught custom attention. It happened to be that only CIF value below 500 will not get taxed, which include item cost, shipping as well as custom own international shipping fee standard, for example, from UK to Malaysia is around 300MYR. This means your order value has to be 500-300 = 200 to be really save. Anyway I dont think they bother to hold any parcel with order value below 500 as the amount is too little for them, so just keep the order below 500 is safe enough.