WHO WILL GET THEIR PACKAGE FIRST?

[7eat51]

I, being in Germany, will probably be one of the last, as I'm pretty sure our local customs office will hold back my parcel and force me to pay quite some sum for clearance.

I'm still a bit confused on this. If I sent you a package, would the same procedure be in place? Is this only for things sent from businesses?

[Avi]

Don't know about Europe/Germany but here any package over 75$ worth (including shipping...) will be subject to VAT and Customs.
Sometimes they just look at the "Customs declaration" and calculate by that, sometimes they do actual inspection.
If they stop a package for inspection - you pay extra - for the right to be inspected - much fun...

Many items are actually exempt from customs (up till 800$) but VAT 2 18% percent is always there