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 Author: lylefish1 View Messages Posted By lylefish1
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 17:07
 Subject: Purchasing from outside the U.S.
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lylefish1 (1124)

Location:  USA, New York
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In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom
 Author: change View Messages Posted By change
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 17:24
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Location:  USA, California
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In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom

I got an order from UK without any problems, but was a small one.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 17:45
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1001bricks (55776)

Location:  France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.

In my shop at least it's not 5+ or such!

Simply the minimum shipping price is apout 40€ for a parcel, a specific method
which can ship DDP, and of course the Duties to be prepaid (15%) + eventual Sales
tax.

So it's "ok" for a certain order value, I'd say.


  I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.

Some sellers in Canada may have more interesting offers. If they have what you
need though.
 Author: Nubs_Select View Messages Posted By Nubs_Select
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 19:16
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Nubs_Select (4851)

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In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom

some sellers in canada (and possibly Mexico), such as myself, offer tariff free
shipping to the USA
 Author: SezaR View Messages Posted By SezaR
 Posted: Nov 23, 2025 05:33
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SezaR (1763)

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In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom

some sellers in canada (and possibly Mexico), such as myself, offer tariff free
shipping to the USA

and I don't (not yet) but you will pay about
%15.6 of item price +$1.5
more than before.

So if the item price is $100 and shipping costs $20, now you would pay
15.6+1.5=$17.1
more than before the tariffs were imposed
(and sales tax would increase but for example 8% too. So that's an increase
of about $1.36 US to sales taxes)

This is not like 5 times more than before but I agree, it is too much.
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 Author: ScubaSteve View Messages Posted By ScubaSteve
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 22:44
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ScubaSteve (253)

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In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom

Most of what you believe to be true is actually false in regards tariffs.

USMCA/CUSMA certifications allow tariff free shipping in the continent. I pay
and eat $1.49 everytime I ship to the USA and do it several times a week, none
of my buyers have paid a cent in tariffs since certification.
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
 Posted: Nov 22, 2025 23:58
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1001bricks (55776)

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In Taxes, ScubaSteve writes:
  In Taxes, lylefish1 writes:
  In the past I would normally purchase a cumulative several thousand $ worth of
items each year from outside the United States. The reasons were price,quantity
and selection. Now with the tariffs, the shipping costs have increased 5+ fold.
I am wondering if there is another viable way to ship to the U.S.? Just though
I would ask.
Tom

Most of what you believe to be true is actually false in regards tariffs.

Guy's talking about a general import information.

Your very specific Canada exception shouldn't allow you to say "Most
of what you believe to be true is actually false in regards tariffs".
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