Online shops in USA for track gear

any experiences with avoiding customs? will bens be willing to write a smaller value on the parcel?

I really doubt it:

• All International packages will be declared the full value of the package. We will NOT declare a lower value.

• All International packages will be declared as "RETAIL SALE". We will NOT declare packages as "GIFT".

from http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=shippinginfo

I live in Spain and I have bought 3 times from them, the first one passed, the second one got stuck and had to pay 20% (VAT + other taxes), and now have my fingers crossed on the third.

I have made purchases from diverse countries and have more or less a pattern of why a shipment will get stopped and taxed in my country's customs — even though they can do it with all of them: if the value is below $300 it's gonna pass. if it goes over that, I can get taxed. If it goes over $400, well, all my orders beyond that got taxed.