Can I send as a gift without being a suspect if a part related to a sale but forgot to mail it | Selling

itolduandso · 2025-06-08T17:26:05.320000Z

I had recently a sale where I had forgotten to send a power supply for a Japanese made sewing machine to a buyer in the US. Its' a very good machine, well made by industrial machine company, maybe 20 years old or more, It's a badged machine in North America (like you have food items badged as No Frills but made by well known brand) so they all use different power supplies that don't match their branded products.. The buyer received the machine but missing power supply as I forgot to include. So I need to send the power supply. It doesn't have anything on it just some serial numbers, no company name and COO either. I doun't it's China made because it's well made, I unscrewed and look innside the power supply, it's definitively not China made. It's a special power supply and it only fits this particular machine. I tried to source online, but I can't find it, only see some sellers in Japan, I am not even sure it would fit because Japense machines are sold under different name, and they don't ship internationally. So what do I do? There is no manufacturer on the power supply. Do I send it as a gift? The US Customs will look at it and say - noooo way, this quacks like a duck so probably is, who on earth would send a gifted power supply. So I thought to put together some personal objects and send it as a box of stuff as a gift.Any ideas? I don't want the US customs to put some tarfiffs on this charger. If I start creating extra invoice for it and whatnot, there still going to be customs fees and brokrage fees etc on top. And I am not sure I understand the clause that says the shipper can charge a minimum of 100 dollars tariff if they choose. What to do. Ideas? Send as pack of gifted items, write a love letter and cross my fingers?

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