Can I ship a take down tool to Greece?

George Anderson · 11-02-2006, 04:13 PM

The key to shipping anything to another country is to not have some government employee open the package. Secondary is to not get yourself or the recipient into any trouble.

I can only imagine a covey of bored Greek bureaucrats digging through their Greek/English dictionaries to find the translation for "skate key". In my mind that is the sort of tease that leads to packages being opened. The other tease is a high value.

As stated above, if I were shipping a loading tool I would declare it as a screwdriver, which it is. Secondly I would note that it was a gift and worth only $10.

One more thought, call it an "antique" screwdriver. That answers the question in the customs guy's head as to why it would be shipped internationally.

The whole game is to get these guys to just pass it on through. As a kid, my buddy Skippy Durgan moved to Italy with his parents when his dad was transferred in 1957. As a Christmas present for Keoki his Mom picked up a Knights Cross in a flea market in Rome and sent it through the military postal system to yours truly. It was declared as a "nice German cross". Needless to say I never got it.

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11-02-2006, 04:13 PM	#8
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	The key to shipping anything to another country is to not have some government employee open the package. Secondary is to not get yourself or the recipient into any trouble. I can only imagine a covey of bored Greek bureaucrats digging through their Greek/English dictionaries to find the translation for "skate key". In my mind that is the sort of tease that leads to packages being opened. The other tease is a high value. As stated above, if I were shipping a loading tool I would declare it as a screwdriver, which it is. Secondly I would note that it was a gift and worth only $10. One more thought, call it an "antique" screwdriver. That answers the question in the customs guy's head as to why it would be shipped internationally. The whole game is to get these guys to just pass it on through. As a kid, my buddy Skippy Durgan moved to Italy with his parents when his dad was transferred in 1957. As a Christmas present for Keoki his Mom picked up a Knights Cross in a flea market in Rome and sent it through the military postal system to yours truly. It was declared as a "nice German cross". Needless to say I never got it.