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Originally Posted by PeteF
About a week ago, I had to replace (under warranty) the charger for my Lithium Ion Golf Cart Battery.
The Chinese company was great . They shipped me a new charger from China within two days, and it arrived 4 days after they shipped it ... Air express via UPS.
Surprise, when UPS delivered the charger there was a $15 Tariff due (20% of the $75 charger valuation) and UPS tacked on another $15 service charge. Most likely, that charger would be cheaper on a site like Amazon as they probably do one big paperwork surcharge monthly or whatever is required and probably do it automagically as well.
Obviously I was a bit surprised by this, especially the $15 service charge from UPS on a $15 Tariff.
As the economist and financial people have been saying ... US people and companies pay the tariff when the goods land ... its not a paid by Chinese companies. Additional, nobody has talked about the service charges that the shipping companies are imposing.
Just a little heads up if you are expecting a shipment directly from China.
Please note: I am not saying that Tariffs are good or bad policy - that needs to be decided by people with a lot more Tariff knowledge and experience than I have. This post is meant as just a heads up on what you might experience should you order directly from China.
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In September UPS added a $.50 per pound surcharge on all goods from China and Hong Kong. It’s $.25 from all the other South Pacific countries. AI said it was due to fuel charges from that region.
My guess is buying Chinese goods via say Amazon, they roll that price into the product you see on their website as Amazon is the importer of record.
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