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IncandescentGas ◴[] No.45941867[source]
I just got an invoice from ups to pay a $16 brokerage fee to jpmorgan for collecting a $0.60 tariff on a sticker included in a box with a custom keyboard shipped from Taiwan. Seems like wall street is making out better than the US on this arrangement
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axiolite ◴[] No.45942116[source]
Yeah, I noped-out when I saw eBay's writeup on tariffs owed by the buyer (not paid by the seller):

"Shipping carriers or US Customs usually charge $5–$30 in processing fees. Add the item price, import fees, and processing fees to estimate your final cost."

https://pages.ebay.com/tariffs/

Not something I'm doing for a $5 item... I'll sit back and wait until the Supreme Court finds the tariffs are illegal, and the Fed has to pay every cent back to the businesses, suddenly sending the US spiraling into the biggest budget deficit in history.

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1. JKCalhoun ◴[] No.45942278[source]
eBay has a checkbox for "Location: US Only" that I have never had to check before. I check it now.

Go, USA?