0_O Surely you have to pay the equivalent US taxes when it lands in the US?
The card never showed any evidence of electrical damage - it just stopped hashing and spit out hundreds of FPGA errors after the 0.91 firmware update and power cycle.
Also, no - the US has no equivalent of VAT for overseas purchases. Within the country we pay sales tax ranging from 5-10% depending upon the state, but we have nothing like VAT.
So I guess VAT= expensive sales tax, but interesting you don't pay it on imports. Must really screw with the economy, no reason not to import.