I tried purchasing a used lens on Ebay, which is from seller MapCamera in Japan. Map Camera, is a very well-established camera store in Japan, so it gave me the confidence to go through this deal. The lens is a Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC ART EFS Mount lens.

Lens costs USD 693. Converted MYR to USD using Wise, and paid around RM3.1k. Paid it on Ebay normally and it had free shipping. MapCamera first pmed me to inform me on potential import costs that I will have to bear, which i consented to them to proceed to delivery.

The courier company was DHL and it was extremely fast getting from Japan to KL, then it took some time (around 1-2days) for customs clearance. DHL contacted me via call to inform that there was indeed Import Tax on the item, which is RM 210.50. Breakdown of said tax is as followed.



Paid it via DHL's website, you can pay import tax via your tracking number. Went to the DHL outlet to pick it up and all good. Lens is good and I'm happy. Lens was double bubble-wrapped, but box and the lens bag was not provided. Lens hood and lens cap was provided at least for my unit.

I did research prior to my purchase, and found out that there's a 5% sales tax on import of lens(camera).

(http://mysstext.customs.gov.my/tariff/) Customs Tariff website, Choose PDK or perintah duti kastam, choose "description" under search criteria, and type in "camera". It should show a table and scroll down till you see "- - For cinematographic cameras, photographic cameras and other projectors" and if you scroll right, you should see "5%" SST. While this is accurate for my case, it could be different for your items, so DYOR and take it with a grain of salt.

This post has been edited by austinjklim: Apr 5 2023, 10:16 PM

Mind sharing the results?

did you mean the pictures from the lens?

Yerp

Second this

https://imgur.com/a/uehQQnz

here you go. Straight JPEGs from X-S10, with the Sigma 50-100mm F1.8 DC HSM ART Lens.

Nice. Thanks

use forwarder. avoid the hassle of customs. buyandship is good.