I wonder how U.S. Customs and the IRS view individuals who operate as import/export merchants for profit without declaring themselves as such.
I wondered this as well and I also wondered how someone could escrow a GB this big and not be considered as such or at least investigated in regards to it. I do not have much knowledge in the area, it may be something really simple to setup and do and maybe that's why this GB is $6750? covering duties fees in the additional cost?
There was some kid who got in trouble with the IRS a few years ago because he did a groupbuy for some miners. Basically he had $0 annual income but during the year wired $100,000 from his bank account into the manufacteurs bank account.
I forgot his nickname but there was a scam accusation open against the individual.