Caveat Emptor

[Pfddi]

Reposting to help others who missed the post @TMC references below...

Purchase from Krale the other day:

Then received this from UPS:

Please be aware of your purchase from foreign sources. See @TMH's comments and link below

 

[TMH]

A quick search of "Krale" in this forum might have led you to this older post:

Krale And UPS Import charge??

Nothing to do with Krale. All U.S. Customs charges, with UPS collecting them (as law demands), and charging an admin fee.

Highest rates for items originating from PRC, regardless of where they ship from.

But with your post, the 'warnings' have been renewed - and the more folks who can see them before making the purchase, the better.

 

[Pfddi]

So an update to the post. Here is the invoice from UPS:

Clearly the taxes aren't the bulk of the cost - it's the "brokerage fee" charged by UPS. I have shipped a lot of items outside the USA and have received a lot from other countries. I normally use EMS/USPS as there is no "brokerage fee" at all. I have never had a problem with damaged goods and have shipped guitars in both directions which are a bit more sensative to shipping damage than a gun!

My takeaway for foreign sources will now be "if they ship using UPS, don't buy from them"

 

[Trucker3573]

So an update to the post. Here is the invoice from UPS:

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Clearly the taxes aren't the bulk of the cost - it's the "brokerage fee" charged by UPS. I have shipped a lot of items outside the USA and have received a lot from other countries. I normally use EMS/USPS as there is no "brokerage fee" at all. I have never had a problem with damaged goods and have shipped guitars in both directions which are a bit more sensative to shipping damage than a gun!

My takeaway for foreign sources will now be "if they ship using UPS, don't buy from them"

Times have changed….don’t believe it is the fault of UPS.

 

[jps2486]

Couldn’t you have bought that stuff here?

 

[Str8tshooter]

This was all over the news over a month ago.

 

[SilentSquirrel]

stop worrying!
Stop Worrying,
STOP WORRYING!
Chill out & be patient.
Before you know it, all them foreign parts will be made right here in the USofA
It's in the plan Sam

 

[Ratzy]

stop worrying!
Stop Worrying,
STOP WORRYING!
Chill out & be patient.
Before you know it, all them foreign parts will be made right here in the USofA
It's in the plan Sam

Never going to happen
No infrastructure
No trained employees
Tariffs just passed on to consumer, possibly marked up.

 

[jps2486]

I haven't seen any significant change in prices, just normal price increases, since all this political tariff BS started.

Stop Worrying
Stop Worrying
Stop Worrying

 

[Pfddi]

I guess I'm most upset about the $47 "broker fee"! It seems it was quite a bit less before, but I was also buying higher priced items so the ratio was not as bad as the one on this last purchase. Now the "accountant" in me will be doing more "total cost analysis" between different purchase options to make my retirement funds go as far as they can!!!