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

 

[Tel]

Kind of like VAT in Europe, where it is generally baked in to the selling price but can be removed if the purchase is immediately exported.

Many years ago I bought a leather jacket in London and filled out a VAT return document and submitted it to some address in the UK. And slightly more than a year later, I got reimbursed!

 

[mshchem]

I thought they lost all their marbles.

 

[mshchem]

FedEx is trying to get a refund after SCOTUS ruling

FedEx sues US government, seeking ‘full refund’ over Trump tariffs

Firm does not specify amount but seeks reimbursement after supreme court ruled against president last week

www.theguardian.com

 

[abruzzi]

KEH used to have a very large selection but it ain't the case anymore, so far. Once thing : their evaluation is very much reliable.

In my experience this is no longer the case. I have bought things recently that were graded excellent, and were visually rough, missing pieces, and functionally iffy. Unfortunately in one case it was an "emergency" purchase because I was leaving on a trip and I didn't get back before the return window closed, so its still sitting in my closet, unused. So I trust the Japanese evaluation MUCH more than the KEH evaluation. Mustly because the japanese evaluation has specific details that are sufficient to initiate a no-fault return, because if the japanese eBay tesxt says it has no fungus, and I can demonstrate that it has fungus, then they misrepresented it and eBay will side with me.

 

[mshchem]

In my experience this is no longer the case. I have bought things recently that were graded excellent, and were visually rough, missing pieces, and functionally iffy. Unfortunately in one case it was an "emergency" purchase because I was leaving on a trip and I didn't get back before the return window closed, so its still sitting in my closet, unused. So I trust the Japanese evaluation MUCH more than the KEH evaluation. Mustly because the japanese evaluation has specific details that are sufficient to initiate a no-fault return, because if the japanese eBay tesxt says it has no fungus, and I can demonstrate that it has fungus, then they misrepresented it and eBay will side with me.

I won't buy anything without seeing pictures of the item. When the collapse of the analog thing hit, pros needed to get digital KEH could scoop stuff up, doing people a favor. Those days are long gone, KEH has different ownership, different business model. I've done a lot of business with KEH over the years. Don't have any feelings, good or bad.

All the tariffs have made Everything more expensive, domestic and international. Just a fact. Regardless of politics, once taxes/duties etc are in place probably not going away.