If I lived in outside the US I would do the same thing.
I feel the same way. I have stopped buying anything from the US (including food products at the grocery store). I continue to buy photo related products from Japan, mainly. At least that way, there won't be any surprises. That won't change either, even if the tariffs are removed.
I feel the same way. I have stopped buying anything from the US (including food products at the grocery store). I continue to buy photo related products from Japan, mainly. At least that way, there won't be any surprises. That won't change either, even if the tariffs are removed.
I haven't bought anything from MAP Camera (Japan) in 2 months, a record for me. I'm going to get ahold of some of the excellent Canadian goat cheese from our Costco. Thank goodness goats don't require aluminum to produce milk.
If I lived in outside the US I would do the same thing.
The problem for me is not that there is a duty. If there was a reasonable duty/tariff to be paid, and if I could know beforehand how much the amount is, then I could make an informed decision about whether the total cost of a purchase is acceptable to me, or not.But wasn't there always duty in Canada for imported goods?
But wasn't there always duty in Canada for imported goods? When I lived there, that was certainly the case. Admittedly, dinosaurs were roaming the earth back then, so things may have changed...
But wasn't there always duty in Canada for imported goods? When I lived there, that was certainly the case. Admittedly, dinosaurs were roaming the earth back then, so things may have changed...
Clearly current situation is crazy. It's sad. I noticed that my regular whole bean coffee jumped by 30%. It's not a sustainable practice. At some point, in the near future, it's going to so disrupt manufacturing that people will demand change.
I'm really trying to stay on topic. Canada tariffs.
Yes, and no. Sometimes I paid nothing. When I did, it was reasonable. When I ordered stuff from the US, duties were reasonable. Or have it sent to Blaine, WA, and pick it up (skipping duties/taxes heh heh heh). A drive down there scares me now!
Sounds like a good time to buy Soviet and East German cameras!Don't forget - the duty rate isn't based on where you bought it from, it is based on where it originated from.
Don't forget - the duty rate isn't based on where you bought it from, it is based on where it originated from.
If you buy from a US retailer something manufactured in Vietnam or Japan, it is the duty rates that apply to Vietnam or Japan that apply, not the duty rate for imports of USA manufactured items.
Sounds like a good time to buy Soviet and East German cameras!
I feel the same way. I have stopped buying anything from the US (including food products at the grocery store). I continue to buy photo related products from Japan, mainly. At least that way, there won't be any surprises. That won't change either, even if the tariffs are removed.
Yes, and no. Sometimes I paid nothing. When I did, it was reasonable. When I ordered stuff from the US, duties were reasonable. Or have it sent to Blaine, WA, and pick it up (skipping duties/taxes heh heh heh). A drive down there scares me now!
What’s stopping you?
Sounds like a good time to buy Soviet and East German cameras!
That is what I was thinking. Buy stuff made in a country that doesn't exist anymore, make sure the seller puts "GDR" or "Rhodesia" on the label, and watch the confusion at CBP. This would be a good list to draw from:
That is what I was thinking. Buy stuff made in a country that doesn't exist anymore, make sure the seller puts "GDR" or "Rhodesia" on the label, and watch the confusion at CBP. This would be a good list to draw from:
What ever CBP is the people there must have very short memories and have never read anything on world events before about the mid sixties
pentxuser
I doubt 1 in a hundred people in the US know what Rhodesia was or where it was located. Similar for German Democratic Republic--although that one they'd probably just assume was Federal Republic of Germany, because it says "Germany."
I'm sure that they have the resources to deal with name changes!
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