On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 3:25:03 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I said I would not order anything from China or anywhere outside of
North America. But I placed an order today for some chassis mount RCA
phone jacks, from China. Now I am sort of worried.....

I want to build a box so I can swap the output from my computer to
several amplifiers, and need at least 8 jacks. Radio Shack wants about
$6 for a pair of them, and they only had 2 packages (4 jacks) in the
store. I dont plan to make this thing for several weeks, because I have
other priorities, so I decided that I can wait a month or so for this
package to arrive from China.

I placed the order. 40 jacks for around $8 (with shipping). Cant argue
about that price....

After placing the order I was reading the fine print in the ad, and it
says "buyer is responsible for all Tariffs and Taxes....
This has me worried. Who will bill me for that? What percentage of the
price must I pay? I'd think on an $8 order it would only be a dollar or
less, but since this is government, they could charge me $100 or
more....

What's the scoop on this?

(If I had read this before placing the order, I would not have placed
this order).

Don't worry about it. I've bought thousands of parts from China and never had to pay any duty or tariff.

But then, I don't think I've spent any more than $100 on any given order.