Got taxed today by the customs for my PVC figure . I bought 2 figures (GSC's Ultimate Madoka) that totaled up to RM900 including shipping . The code used to tax me was 9503H 400I. Even though I pleaded and pleaded, I still got taxed 10% at the end. Sigh.. It really spoiled the fun of getting the figure

I've been buying a lot of figures through out these years but so far have been lucky enough not to get taxed (maybe because the amount did not exceed RM500 as mentioned).

However, this time I get taxed, my figures were shipped via EMS. Previously all my purchases were shipped via SAL. There was once I bought 8 Gundams that totaled to about RM600 but didn't get taxed too. I was also using SAL for shipping.

Somehow I get the suspicion that there is higher possibility of getting taxed if we use EMS. But of course, one thing I like to mention here is that my figures this time were both in a HUGE box, probably attracting more attention as well.

What do you all think? (I plan to read all the posts in this thread but there's just too many pages)