Tariff Update

[MichaelB]

I needed some new foam for my Shoei GT Air.
The center foam in the size I want isn't available here in the States.
The Visor Shop in the UK has it and the cheek pads.
$113.14 for the parts, $35.14 for Shipping, DHL. Total $148.28....
They made it very clear I was responsible for Tariffs/duties.

Just got hit by DHL,
Regulatory Charges (L1) 1.34
Import Export Duties (L2) 11.31
Duty Tax Processing-No Account (L3) 17.50

Total Due............30.15......27% on the original 113.14.....

 

[TomU]

I needed some new foam for my Shoei GT Air.
The center foam in the size I want isn't available here in the States.
The Visor Shop in the UK has it and the cheek pads.
$113.14 for the parts, $35.14 for Shipping, DHL. Total $148.28....
They made it very clear I was responsible for Tariffs/duties.

Just got hit by DHL,
Regulatory Charges (L1) 1.34
Import Export Duties (L2) 11.31
Duty Tax Processing-No Account (L3) 17.50

Total Due............30.15......27% on the original 113.14.....

That's an expensive pad. lordy

 

[nortonmargie]

I ordered an LED headlight for my Nort from Paul Goff. Total cost 72.90 Pounds Sterling. Cost of part 39.90. Shipping and Handling 16 pounds fifty pence. Tariff 16 pounds 50 pence. Part was delivered and will be installed tomorrow. Further comment will be unproductive.

 

[linker48x]

Last fall, I needed a 4203 c3 2RS rear wheel bearing for my '73 850 Norton Commando, and I read on this site that the 123 bearing company in Florida had them, for $10, so I ordered one. Unfortunately, their website did not disclose that they were actually a French company, with a Florida address and website, but with no inventory they could ship me from Florida, and that the $10 bearing was in Europe, and so when it came, they charged me $20 freight on my $10 bearing--an additional 200% markup. Then, last week I got a letter from FedEx, telling me that I owed them an additional $10 on my now $30 purchase-- the new $10 charge consisted of the $5 tariff and their $5 "disbursement fee" for paying the $5 tariff, for another additional 100% markup, or an additional 300% added onto the price.

If you have been following along here, between a tariff and tariff related charges that our folks in Washington swore American consumers would not pay, and international shipping charges that 123 bearing did not disclose, my $10 bearing ended up costing me 4 times its $10 cost, or $40. All I can say is, I am just glad my purchase was small, and that, if I needed one, I got a relatively cheap lesson in who not to trust.

 

[concours]

Last fall, I needed a 4203 c3 2RS rear wheel bearing for my '73 850 Norton Commando, and I read on this site that the 123 bearing company in Florida had them, for $10, so I ordered one. Unfortunately, their website did not disclose that they were actually a French company, with a Florida address and website, but with no inventory they could ship me from Florida, and that the $10 bearing was in Europe, and so when it came, they charged me $20 freight on my $10 bearing--an additional 200% markup. Then, last week I got a letter from FedEx, telling me that I owed them an additional $10 on my now $30 purchase-- the new $10 charge consisted of the $5 tariff and their $5 "disbursement fee" for paying the $5 tariff, for another additional 100% markup, or an additional 300% added onto the price.

If you have been following along here, between a tariff and tariff related charges that our folks in Washington swore American consumers would not pay, and international shipping charges that 123 bearing did not disclose, my $10 bearing ended up costing me 4 times its $10 cost, or $40. All I can say is, I am just glad my purchase was small, and that, if I needed one, I got a relatively cheap lesson in who not to trust.

You got scammed by one of millions of slippery snakes online hawking junk....
...and it's the fault of our gummint?

Cool story bro.

Did you ever try shipping anything INTO France?
I didn't think so.
$300 tariff on a $1200 pair of motorcycle shocks.

 

[SteveBorland]

You got scammed by one of millions of slippery snakes online hawking junk....
...and it's the fault of our gummint?

Cool story bro.
View attachment 124233

Did you ever try shipping anything INTO France?
I didn't think so.
$300 tariff on a $1200 pair of motorcycle shocks.

Without knowing the details, it sounds as if that was mostly sales tax - here in Denmark, its 25% on everything. If I were to buy these shocks from you in the US, I would pay 25% of the invoice value + postage, plus a fixed fee of $25 to cover PostNord's expenses in opening the package and sending me the bill. If postage cost say $50, I would end up paying 25% of $1250 + $25 = $337.5 over and above the $1200 I would have sent to you originally.

However, if I were to buy the shocks from my friendly local Norton dealer here in Denmark, I would also pay 25% VAT.
Assuming that the dealer would also sell them for $1200, I would pay $1200 + $300 VAT.

It's not actually a case of the Evil State punishing me (or you) for buying abroad.

 

[concours]

Without knowing the details, it sounds as if that was mostly sales tax - here in Denmark, its 25% on everything. If I were to buy these shocks from you in the US, I would pay 25% of the invoice value + postage, plus a fixed fee of $25 to cover PostNord's expenses in opening the package and sending me the bill. If postage cost say $50, I would end up paying 25% of $1250 + $25 = $337.5 over and above the $1200 I would have sent to you originally.

However, if I were to buy the shocks from my friendly local Norton dealer here in Denmark, I would also pay 25% VAT.
Assuming that the dealer would also sell them for $1200, I would pay $1200 + $300 VAT.

It's not actually a case of the Evil State punishing me (or you) for buying abroad.

I clearly understand all that.

I was shipping them back for warranty service, and clearly stated so on the attached documentation.

I was using it as an example, trying to get the point across to the poster that I quoted.