My apology. For some reason I thought that you were in Canada, and what
I did state does apply. This whole tariff business gets very confusing,
complicated, and down right messy. For myself I have stopped buying any
and all items from outside the U.S. with the one exception of original
U.S. manufactured items being brought back into the U.S. in which case
tariffs are NOT due. Unless FedEx or UPS or DHL are the only shipper,
then I will usually also pass the item because of the 'processing fees'
that they charge. Again usually around $30.00 U.S. for processing the
shipment, even though there is no tariff being collected.
Ira.
On 12/2/2025 10:42 AM, Adrian Godwin wrote:
The problem we have here in the UK is that if duty or VAT is payable,
the government wants the money but not the cost of collecting it,
which would probably be more than the fee. So they either want the
originating shipper to pay in advance, or have the receiving shipper
pay it on behalf of the addressee.
For companies such as Aliexpress this works out OK They can just add
it to the shipping fee. But for individuals it often ends up with the
receiving shipper paying it and then adding the charge and a
collection fee and refusing to deliver until that's been paid. Some
shippers want it in advance, some will send an invoice after delivery,
This causes what might have been quite a small customs fee into a 3-4
times larger fee.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM Instrument Resources of America
<[email protected]> wrote:
The 'processing fees' I have heard are around $30.00 for both UPS
and Fed Ex. U.S. Post Office fees are very small. Also, if you
are shipping something back into the U.S. from Canada, and it was
originally manufactured here in the U.S. there are no tariffs. The
paperwork must be done correctly though. I had a very vintage
piece of General Radio test equipment shipped back to me recently,
no tariffs even though General Radio closed their doors some
twenty four years ago. The shipper got it done correctly. Don't
let anyone tell you other wise.
Ira.
On 11/30/2025 12:58 PM, Tom Katt wrote:
On Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 7:40:27 PM UTC-5 wrote:
Thanks for sharing the link for the EverSet kit. It does look
like fun to play with. I just wonder what the 🍊 tariffs will
do to the cost of shipping one into the U.S. With the
“processing” fees charged by the carriers on top of the
tariff itself, it could close to double the cost of the unit
itself!
OT quick - I purchased my kit from them in September and while
it was initially delayed due to the whole Canadian postal
debacle, the kit shipped quickly once services resumed and there
was no additional fees or tariff charges. I paid $13.62
(Canadian) in shipping and the order totaled to $46 Canadian
delivered. At current exchange rates, that works out to about $33
US. They seem really nice and the kits are very high quality - I
believe they manufacture their boards locally in Canada. It’s
nice to support a place like that once in a while ;-)
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