Comment on US to end shipping loophole for Chinese goods Friday
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Does anyone have a guide on buying directly from chinese manifacturers?
Until now Ive mostly bought my tech stuff from american resellers like amazon and ebay, since I dont want to fuck around with giving away my credit card number, but now since america cant even do dropshipping anymore I either need virtual Credit cards or an European Service specializing on importing from china
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
If you’re trying to do this as an American, it won’t help you. Buying directly from a Chinese firm won’t avoid the tariffs, it’ll just make you responsible for handling them. The shipment will either get held at the port until you pay, or you’ll get a bill later. Probably with some inspection fees added on top if you didn’t pre-declare.
Your best option is to ship to a friend in the UK or some other place with 10% tariffs, then have them repack the shipment and send it to you.
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I am in Europe, thats why im asking for an EU based import company who handles the vat and provides me with a basic tracking system
My problem with freight forwarding is that I have to pay a lot of money to have it sent insured, since I can’t just dispute my credit card charge if the Package dosent come, since the company officially delivered it to my address.
Docus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In addition to ordering directly from china not avoiding the tariffs: it may not even be possible. Some (smaller) companies simply won’t ship to USA anymore due to the hassle of having to deal with the admin.