So every month since February I've had to shut down at the end of the month because we didn't know what would happen next with tariffs (and more importantly how it will affect our shipping). I'm possibly going to be shut down for another couple of weeks, but for other reasons (Canada Post strike, and current health problems).
So basically every month it's something.
So on June 2, the next change is the "per package fee" goes up to $200. I noticed how it started at $25 and some irrational person kept jacking it up to further deter US people from ordering anything made in China.
There is one post in the dot com forum that I replied to (and I invited the poster to come tell their story here), but basically they sold a $160 item and the buyer said OK to tariffs, they shipped it by some courier, so there was a $50 brokerage fee. They were expecting 30% tariffs. (I'm really not sure how much it's supposed to be right now, it keeps changing). Anyway the buyer was assessed the $100 per package fee on their $160 shipment in addition to the brokerage. The buyer agreed to pay the duties so I'm guessing that's how it ends, but who knows if that might not get paid and bounce back to the seller. I know the first lesson is to not use couriers to ship anything to a country where insane duties will be applied.
I wanted to share that since we were wondering what might be happening with tariffs on China made goods (and I believe the package mentioned above was shipped from Canada).
So after the June 2 package increase, then what? One of the things mentioned in that dot com post (about the $100 package fee being assessed) is that the plan is to remove de minimis for all countries which would basically mean the US would not be able to ever order anything from outside the US because of insane duties and fees to receive small packages.
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