Quote from: pinkflower on April 12, 2018, 04:30:57 AM

Didnt Trump order an increase in tariffs on products made in China? ReadyPlayer1, you should double check that with customs.

Its also a great idea to pay the fees immediately and start mining as soon as possible before the difficulty goes up fast. Bitcoin has already hit its floor and might start growing again.

Wait, did his increase in tariffs effective immediately?
I thought there are adjustment period for a few weeks/months before the tariffs got increased.

Quote from: pugman on April 11, 2018, 11:35:21 PM

Yeah for some products, I pay more on import/custom fee than the original product. Sometimes I pay lesser than the 40% and sometimes I pay like 40-60% also. This varies every single time but yeah it is what it is.

Ouch, that sounds like a real nightmare.
At that point I would just refund the item back to seller unless its not sold on your country and has to be imported.

Quote from: pugman on April 11, 2018, 11:35:21 PM

If you're buying from Amazon, you can apparently ask them to waive the fee after you place your order, they don't do it always but I did hear someone saying that they waived the fees for the person who had ordered. So guess will have to try that out.
But still 18% fee is no joke.

I know some sellers that can under-value an item, basically he will write lower price on invoice than the actual price.
With this sometimes you don't have to pay enormous tax at all.