I submit to PSA from the UK no problem, 6 returns in last 2 years. Psa mark it as own goods returned you do not need any forms. Ive not had one issue in regards to customs but I am aware just to keep your postage documents/proof of you sending the goods to PSA. This will be needed if you are asked to prove you sent the goods out.
Very good to meet you - love it over here on the Costa Blanca!
Spanish customs are great, very reasonable people lol.
Unfortunately no Spanish Middlemen, so looking to learn how to do it straight up!
Good point, thank you.
Hopefully beckett do the same. I’ve contact them via email but they dont have the best customer service.
How fast did you get your cards back, and did you have to send anything to UK customs?
Cheers!
@haggiscollects made this excellent video going through a CGC submission, but it also talks about the customs process of exporting/receiving, from the UK at least. Probably it’s the same for Spain/EU?
Im thinking the only thing I could be charged on is cost of grading, but then again, it’s a service and we shouldnt have to pay VAT on services between EU and USA. What issues did they have?
The last submission took a year at PSA, the same for everyone else with the delays. Once PSA dispatch it, you get notified by email. Within a week to 10 days its at my door. If you look at the tracking it shows reaching customs, checks etc then its released and FEDex deliver it to me. I have never had any direct contact with customs but on the most recent one I had to provide my original purchase receipt of postage as fedex tried to charge me for handling my order lol, they tried to say it was for customs but i could see it had already passed and had been released. This is the first time i have had to provide any information but we’ve had changes since leaving the EU. Luckily I keep all my postage / submission paperwork in a folder on my emails. Considering it was a year since posting many people could have misslaid this. Anyhow it was very easy, FEDex called me, sent me an email and I replied to that email with the proof.
I dont know Spanish custom law etc but when I first submitted I heard a lot of people saying oh customs will screw you or I heard this and that. The specifics a side, most of those people had never actually submitted themselves. The internet can be helpful but can also be full of a lot of naysayers.
Give it a go with a small submission so you can learn, providing you are not in a financial hole live a little.
Read up your countries law on return of own goods, if it says no VAT or import charges can be put on you which was pretty clear in the UK law, then if anything happens you just need to provide your dispatch information, best to buy postage online. My receipt had PSA address, my address and the date I sent it. I think there was even a line somewhere where it included collectible cards as content.
I run a middleman company for grading, located in Belgium. We mainly work with CGC, but are now starting with PSA & Beckett.
We have a contract with an international shipping provider that makes sure the import is handled well (that we indeed pay no import since it is a return of our own goods).
Thankyou! It should be the same for most people even with different grading services.
The customs process puts a lot of people off but its really very easy.
Ive only had FedEx ask me one time to prove that I exported the goods in the first place. I just sent them the original FedEx or DHL tracking ref. Other times they have come back without any problems:
Gonna give you a follow on IG
Customs can really screw you big time.