Belgian fan needs advice

[Matula]

Hi guys,

I’m from belgium and I’m very interested in buying an emo!
My question is, do I risk paying duty fees? Do you have any experience with this?
This little robot seems really great, I would really like to have it but I don’t want to break the bank (purchase price is already 400$)…

Thanks for your answers and advice

[edward]

Hi there @Matula,

I am from Germany and received almost 4x of EMO, but luckily didn’t pay anything about extra taxes . I didn’t know exactly how other countries got their EMO but found something interesting regarding one Belgian Emo owner name @EMO_be saying…

@EMO_be

It’s normal in Belgium (and the whole EU I would guess) for packages coming from outside the EU. I was lucky twice (original Emo and replacement) though: Living AI had declared (customs declaration that has to be included with the parcel) the contents of the package as a “plastic toy” with a very low value and it passed customs without further inspection so I didn’t have to pay anything extra. I don’t know if they still ship it the same way though.

A couple of months ago I received another package from Shenzhen with a correct customs declaration and I had to pay an extra 2/3 of its value (taxes + fees). So yeah, sometimes these packages coming from overseas can get quite expensive.

GOODLUCK!