Buying gear from other countries

[mshchem]

All the marble in governments buildings ain't cheap

 

[DREW WILEY]

I thought they lost all their marbles.

 

[Mike Lopez]

How can both the seller and receiver pay these fees?

I think @photogear interpreted your question in a way you perhaps didn't intend (it wasn't very clear) and you wound up talking past each other. Their response appears to assume that you are asking who pays a tariff imposed by Japan when you return equipment to that country. As I read the response, photogear is saying that there is no tariff imposed by Japan, but if there were, the recipient of the gear--i.e., the person who originally sold it to you--would pay that tariff. Just like the tariffs imposed by the current administration are being paid by the recipients of those goods (us).

 

[photogear]

How can both the seller and receiver pay these fees?

in this case, the receiver (destination) is the seller to whom the parcel is returned..., otherwise it doesn't make sense.

 

[MattKing]

FWIW, most well designed import and export taxation systems would have specific provisions that deal with product returns, and refund of duties paid.

 

[Chuck1]

I once returned an ebay purchase, however the massachusets sales tax wasn't automatically refunded.
It took a phone call to rectify(last time i tried to call someone at ebay it was nearly impossible)
Ebay sucks in many ways

 

[Pieter12]

I once returned an ebay purchase, however the massachusets sales tax wasn't automatically refunded.
It took a phone call to rectify(last time i tried to call someone at ebay it was nearly impossible)
Ebay sucks in many ways

I didn't think you could actually call eBay and speak with a human (or Amazon for that matter).

 

[Chuck1]

Not since covid