tecatero
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importing household goods tax free
Just got my Resident permamente and am curious to importing household goods( i.e. beds, clothes, kitchen stuff, etc..) Remembering hearing about a one
time allowance to do so with some paperwork form from the consulate.....Is that still required or ?? Any help appreciated...thx
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Bob and Susan
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you're better off having a BIG yard sale and starting over ...take my word
just import the rest and pay the fees
[Edited on 2-16-2014 by Bob and Susan]
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tecatero
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thats the way Im leaning....sell and start fresh
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I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer!
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DENNIS
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I thought they quit doing the "Menaje de Casa." Maybe not:
http://www.aduanas.gob.mx/aduana_mexico/2008/tramites/140_10...
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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tjsue
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Bring the bare essentials, and sell everything else.
I moved to Tijuana at the end of September, and in spite of making weekly donation trips to a Salvation Army donation trailer six months before I
moved, I'm still making donation trips, but they're down to monthly. I had to pick up a few empty boxes because I ran out of them to donate "junk."
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Alm
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From my - very limited - experience, second-hand goods in Mexico are not nearly as abundant as NOB. Same goes for all other places SOB. Most people
are poor, they don't throw/donate anything away, they fix it and keep on using. Likely, you'll have to buy new. Local furniture is cheaper though.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alm
From my - very limited - experience, second-hand goods in Mexico are not nearly as abundant as NOB. |
There is a thriving "Segunda" industry throughout the Ensenada area with a rapidly revolving inventory. Combing these stores for treasures has become
a hobby for many.
I realize their numbers will dwindle the further south you may be.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer! |
you need to lower your prices...........
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Udo
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I've been making between 3,000 & 5,000 per yard sale. 90% of stuff was gone each time and the rest went to thrift stores.
| Quote: | Originally posted by dorado50
| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer! |
you need to lower your prices........... |
[Edited on 2-17-2014 by Udo]
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Alm
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| Quote: | | There is a thriving "Segunda" industry throughout the Ensenada area with a rapidly revolving inventory. Combing these stores for treasures has become
a hobby for many. |
Oh, please... If there is anything thriving in Mexico, it's drug trafficking and c-ckroaches 
My impression has been that they are selling things - yes, in Ensenada too - that we NOB put up in the Free section on Craigs. Average prices SOB are
higher and/or choice is narrower. But, considering that most of the stuff that we fill our homes with, is unnecessary and useless items - I agree that
it's better to throw/donate/yardsale as much as possible with any move from one home to another, be it within or across the borders.
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