I have avoided placing orders outside of the US since the tariff chaos started.
I am now considering an order from Germany. I am not sure exactly how this
will work. Will I get a bill from customs before the order is delivered (meaning
more delay). How will the bill arrive? Basically, how will I pay the customs?
IF the tariff rate goes up significantly between the time I order and the time
the item hits the US I am guessing I am stuck with either the higher tariff rate
or not accepting the product. But I will keep the whole value within a reasonable
risk amount.
I would be interested in the experience of those who have ordered from Germany
(or any country outside the US) into the US.
I have avoided placing orders outside of the US since the tariff chaos started.
I am now considering an order from Germany. I am not sure exactly how this
will work.
Note few shops will accept (mainly pros).
Generally you'll have to pay for the duties 15% upfront, through a manual
invoicing.
Sales tax (if any) are the more often also applied on this amount.
It's very probably NOT possible for small orders (like Letters).
As all taxes etc are paid in advance, nothing has to be done at the arrival;
the parcel is simply delivered to you.
I would be interested in the experience of those who have ordered from Germany
(or any country outside the US) into the US.
As a seller, I can ship to us, but the shipping cost starts at about 40€ (requires
a specific shipping method), so it's unfortunately not worth small orders
anymore.
I have avoided placing orders outside of the US since the tariff chaos started.
I am now considering an order from Germany. I am not sure exactly how this
will work. Will I get a bill from customs before the order is delivered (meaning
more delay). How will the bill arrive? Basically, how will I pay the customs?
IF the tariff rate goes up significantly between the time I order and the time
the item hits the US I am guessing I am stuck with either the higher tariff rate
or not accepting the product. But I will keep the whole value within a reasonable
risk amount.
I would be interested in the experience of those who have ordered from Germany
(or any country outside the US) into the US.
It will depend on which carrier and method the seller uses. Some carriers offer
it DDP (delivered duty paid) which means you pay the seller the tariff, and the
seller pays the tariff when the label is made, then the package arrives normal.
If it’s not shipped DDP it will be shipped DDU (delivered duty unpaid), in which
it can take several routes. Most carriers (excluding usps I believe) will send
you an email when it clears customs, letting you pay online and then they deliver
it normal, and some carriers may try to collect at the door if no payment is
made online.
Here in Canada, if final mile delivery is with our nation post (Canada Post),
and a package has any sort for taxes to be paid, then you usually have to travel
to the local post office and pay for it there, where you can then collect the
package, however I’m not sure if usps allows any method other then DDP so this
might not apply
I have avoided placing orders outside of the US since the tariff chaos started.
I am now considering an order from Germany. I am not sure exactly how this
will work. Will I get a bill from customs before the order is delivered (meaning
more delay). How will the bill arrive? Basically, how will I pay the customs?
IF the tariff rate goes up significantly between the time I order and the time
the item hits the US I am guessing I am stuck with either the higher tariff rate
or not accepting the product. But I will keep the whole value within a reasonable
risk amount.
I would be interested in the experience of those who have ordered from Germany
(or any country outside the US) into the US.
Check the store terms or shipping terms if it handles Tariff it should be mentioned
there.
Depending on the country there could be different carriers available.
I am able to offer Tracked shipping with included Tariff handling starting at
10.1 € with weight bands option of up to 2 kg
Check the store terms or shipping terms if it handles Tariff it should be mentioned
there.
This, and it might be worth checking recent feedback for the store to see if
they have handled other orders to your country recently. If they have, chances
are they know what they are doing.
I have avoided placing orders outside of the US since the tariff chaos started.
I am now considering an order from Germany. I am not sure exactly how this
will work. Will I get a bill from customs before the order is delivered (meaning
more delay). How will the bill arrive? Basically, how will I pay the customs?
IF the tariff rate goes up significantly between the time I order and the time
the item hits the US I am guessing I am stuck with either the higher tariff rate
or not accepting the product. But I will keep the whole value within a reasonable
risk amount.
I would be interested in the experience of those who have ordered from Germany
(or any country outside the US) into the US.
Everyone gave you good advice. There are copious amounts of confusions for US
buyers bringing products in from "anywhere".
If you don't want any surprises stick with the advice of Steller and 1001,
You are an experience Bricklink member check the terms and so forth of each store.
In regards a "tariff bill", understand tariffs are not retrospective.
Meaning if you bought something today and it was shipped from a store that is
clear about the prepayments. Then tomorrow tariffs increase that is the only
price to pay.
The seller I was originally going to buy from did have the information on his
terms page, indicating that the tariff was being paid on his end. But due to
tariff he had to use a more expensive shipping rate.
I decided I didn't need the part that bad.
Then I really wanted more of a different part, a low cost part, but with limited
availability in the US. So I am taking the risk of buying from a seller who
is not paying the tariff on their end, shipping from the Czech republic. It
will be interesting to see how this is handled with the total confusion related
to tariffs. I won't blame the seller if stuff goes wrong and the package
gets stuck somewhere in the process. Tariff rate is reasonable (at least today).
I wish I had checked to see how rare this part (4375) was before altering some
of them to get my Fisher Price Little People to stay in place on top of DUPLO
bumps. Other pieces would have worked for that.
USA, Oregon
France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Canada, Ontario
Spain, Comunidad Valenciana
United Kingdom, England