More Tariff Madness

So, who was it that was saying the importing countries and importers were going to pay the tariffs? 70% (!!) added to the cost of a handful of electronic parts...

Paid by the consumer...

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@sfdon Got it. I had disputed my bill directly with UPS using a letter from W&N as well as with a copy of the UPS business invoice. Are you disputing directly through PayPal, and if so, can you point us in the direction of a submission form or area to dispute the tariff component specifically? Thanks
 
e9Leveque said:
@sfdon Got it. I had disputed my bill directly with UPS using a letter from W&N as well as with a copy of the UPS business invoice. Are you disputing directly through PayPal, and if so, can you point us in the direction of a submission form or area to dispute the tariff component specifically? Thanks
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Just call and dispute. UPS has 10 days to answer or all your money comes back.
 
ScottAndrews said:
I agree about the fantasy of zillions of manufacturing jobs..

There is nothing inherently wrong with a "service economy". In fact it is the lack of accounting for the service economy that seems to be driving the Admin anxiety about trade deficits.

A key flaw is that they are not accounting for all facets of the economy. If the US truly had a massive trade deficit, it would not be long before we all had no money, and some other country or countries had it. But that is not the case. The US is the richest country on the planet, and we are rich today because we sell lots of services to the world, and using the money the countries in the world pay us, we then buy washing machines from China and clothes from Vietnam... If you only look at manufactured goods and raw materials, in terms of trade, then you are missing a massive segment of the US economy.

I could go on about why I thin this admin is so infatuated with tariffs, but that's fodder for another post in another thread... Suffice it to say that a) there is nothing bad about a service economy, and b) it is unrealistic to imagine that bringing manufacturing back to the US would create any manufacturing jobs. All of it would be automated, and supported by that same service economy...
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All true but you cant sell that to the uneducated, mis-information swilling masses.
 
Interesting data point. Just had a package come from Taiwan with E9 parts. First package came via Fedex (at my request), but they sent the wrong part. Interestingly, no tarrif at all. I received the package and sent it back. But then they sent the replacement part (same thing, just different application) via UPS, $320 tariff. Two shippers, same basic item, two very different outcomes. Also begs the question of what the hell do you do if you need to return something after paying a tariff.
 
Happy New Year to all.

Another datapoint. About 4 weeks ago I received a $300 package from MVP in Taiwan via FedEx with no tariffs charged.

I asked Walloth if Fedex was a possibility and they said it isn't.

Does anyone have a recent experience with the UPS charges on Walloth orders?
 
I got a modest refund from UPS on one tariff issue. Took 3 months.

I just bought a rear side panel patch from W-N. Cost was 128 Euros, tariff was $90,and UPS fee was $13.

At least UPS has reduced their handling fees a biot, but the tariffs are nuts!

This one was just not worth fighting over..
 
Last week I received a large package of parts, the left and ride side front bumper pieces for my Bavaria. And heavy. Sent as a gift valued under $100.00 I only paid customs charges and tax. Total, $150.00 US dollars, parts and shipping. Now waiting for a long rectangular package from the Netherlands that is just under the maximum length. So it is not rated as oversize. Again, a gift valued at under $100.00.

The package has been received by the shipper, PostNL, and is ready to ship to me. Estimated delivery Jan. 3 - 6. Total parts and shipping, 150 euros.

The emails from PostNL have been the most detailed of any shippers' I have ever seen. And actually polite!

Will keep you posted. Yes, a pun.
 
We ship our products internationally as a corporation. We always assign the correct Harmonized Codes and an extended explanation of its application to vintage automobiles. Because of these irrational, random tariffs, and the natural reciprocity, we have lost a lot of international business. Madness is the best description of this bumbling incompetence.
We get asked all the time to undervalue the products on the customs forms. We never do it. Not just because of the illegality, but also because. of the possibility of being flagged by a foreign country's customs and having to deal with the associated fines.
 
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