DIYbanter - View Single Post - Tariffs and Taxes on China orders from Ebay.

Ralph Mowery

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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 aoburt it. I have ordered lots of things off Ebay from
China. Some parts and some circuit board assemblies. Most of the time
it takes about 3 weeks or so to get here. I did have one item that was
only about $ 8 including shipping that took about 2 1/2 months, but it
got here.

The taxes and whatever are in the price you see on Ebay. You will not
be charged mpore at a later date.

It amazes me how they have shipped in some items that only cost about $
2 or less. To get a 1 st class letter out of the US to another country
costs about $ 1.25. China does pick up the out going postage form what
I have heard.

So far everything I have ordered has met my expectations. Some
simiconductors dont. Friend ordered about $ 25 worth of transistors
(about 8 of them) and they were all bad.

While you are looking around on ebay look for a component tester. It is
a circuit board with a lcd display. It will have 3 leads and a 9 volt
battery terminal. They are usually less than $ 20 and will test about
anything you hook to it that will work at 9 volts or less. Best spent
money for testing I have ever seen.