Declared value higher than what I paid.

General
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So recently (past couple months) I have made purchases from the US and Canada. 5/8 purchases have been marked with declared value as being $50 more than what I paid. I’ve had to pay customs on 3/8 of which 3 of them was of course the higher declared items meaning I had to pay extra customs fees.

All items were from different sellers and I informed the ones who marked the items higher. For those who said “sorry bud” I’m not dealing with them ever again.

From the past 10 years I have bought from the US I have only witnessed over declaring maybe 4 or 5 times. What has caused this recently? Are they just being lazy and marking whatever? Thoughts?

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I think shipping/forwarding costs get added in to the declaration as well. That is my only guess.

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They shouldn’t be getting added if that’s the case, as for OP the customs case to get money back is long and difficult but it can be done.