US Customs now checking metal contents. Game over I guess. | Selling

itolduandso · 2025-11-25T07:46:51.288000Z

I haven't seen it before.The item I sold for 100 dollar has one single screw there, it's less than 1% of the content, maybe 0.5%. Anyways, I don't have detailed content listing from manufacturer showing how much of value the screw represents.Because I don't have this information I must select 100%.There is also a small aluminium logo plate. Same thing. So I select again 100% content alumium.Pathetic this stuff.Apparently US Customs have started now cracking down on the aluminium and steel content in small seller packages on ebay.So I guess this is it.Effectively 50++ percent tariffs on virtually any second hand item I sell to US that has some metal content. I Wouldn't be even able to tel l if the metal is something else than steel and aluminium, so I guess every metal counts.Game over. Yah. Game over. It's been Game Over for quite a while but it's over now for sure.

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