Hi All,
In Australia, when you import commerical goods above $1,000 AUD you must pay import duties.
I am submitting over $1,000 worth of cards to PSA.
Now on the way back to Australia from PSA, the cards are not goods ive purchased, they were ky items always to begin with.
Can a fellow Aussie confidently tell me that import duties will not apply? If not, how do customs identify that these were not goods purchased?
Cheers
Hey dude.
I know someone in aus that sends thousands worth to psa.
When they come back they should be marked as returned goods by psa, and there for there should be 0 customs/ import fees on returned items.
My friend has never been charged.
@ozenigma should be able to tell you some tingz to.
PSA marks the value of the package on return at the grading cost, you will only have an issue if the total grading cost exceeds $1000AUD
Interesting stuff. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the info 
hmmm i thought that there is no import fee on returned goods marked over 1,000 … Since its returned goods.
Im just asking him again lol.
There isn’t* import fee on any returned goods. What Shizzlemetimbers is saying, by the looks of it that the value PSA put on the returned package is grading cost (and not your declared amount on submission) the next element to determine is whether they mark it as goods or returned goods. If marked as goods it is then wis for us submitters to keep grading cost below $1,000 AUD.
ohhhh…
hmmm, but how about the insurance on orders back to australians… Does this mean psa doesnt insure the cards for what you paid, and just does the grading cost.
syndi confusement,.
I just edited my comment. I was meant to agree with you, that there isn’t an import fee on returned goods. So yes youare 100% right about that concern.
It will be good to know from someone like @ozenigma regarding:
* How do they mark their packages (returned goods, sample, goods etc.)
* What value do they place on the package
* Based on above, what is implication for import duties
* Is there insurance on return packages?
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^^^^ 100% agree 
unless i dont win… then its about war. You and anyone here be best to remeber that.
The value they put on the package is the grading cost. For my snap Gyarados they declared the value at $95 which was the grading cost. PSA has their own insurance and it is worked into the return shipping cost you pay I believe.
Wow, Pokesyn can actually be…dare I say…deep?
so the return shipping cost will say 5,000? 
$95
Thanks for the clarification. Do you know if they mark it as goods?
If marked as return goods then it won’t matter for us Aussies if the grading cost exceeds $1,000 AUD, if marked as goods then it might be ideal to keep the grading costs below $1,000 AUD for meg submissions.
Too easy man, I think they mark it as gift. But I am pretty sure if you submit cards with over $1000 worth of GRADING costs you will get hit by import fee but I would double check with Oz.
Would your sendoff be over $1000 in grading costs?
Nah it’s under $900 so scraping through quite comfortably
Sweet any Gyarados in there 