*credits artwork to Yupi, image source Zerochan.net
This is a story of my bad experience on international delivery with my local mail service, Pos Malaysia / Pos Laju. It's my first time to send out parcel outside Malaysia and I had bad time due to inconsiderable authorities and my own careless.
I sold my Dollfie Dream Hatsune Miku to a Brazilian lady. She paid me in layaway and once completed , I packed her and hand her on the delivery center on 13th March 2015. I was using Express Mail Service (EMS) , so the timeline to get to her is within 1 week+
The shipping fee is pricy, it's like 1/3 price of the doll value itself. The buyer requested me to put under value / gift on description to avoid the Customs tax. Thus, I wrote Doll / Gift and did not declare the value of item at all (this is the bad mistake).
Surprisingly, my first timer experience was taken advantage when the Pos Laju staff did not remind me to complete the form (I don't even know that is my responsible to make sure the form complete) and just let my parcel pass through.