Re: Bitmain's Released Antminer S9, World's First 16nm Miner Ready to Order
In the USA no customs until you hit $2500 I believe. Members have ordered miners 1 at a time and mostly kept under the radar, though one had FedEx add together two shipments that arrived separately about a week apart and still charged him! 
they now charge on 1 piece around 45 usd
it could be they are count all the ones I purchased during the year.
translation order 1 = tax
order 2 = tax
order 3 = tax
this is as applied to ups
I have 3 coming today.
coins now over 15000 usa !
I had a couple of miners delivered by UPS individually, and they required me to pay with a check for the duties and taxes, however what I found out on all of my later shipments was if I picked the Miners and power supplies up from the UPS facility I was not charged at all - They just gave me the package, had me sign and I walked out without needing to pay at all. It has worked out for my last 10 shipments.
A quick 15-minute drive to save 100s of dollars on duties and taxes!
They all arrived separately though
Did you go to the main local UPS hub or did you have them held at like a UPS store