I have just heard from my first customer to receive the tariff bill - $64 on a $150 package. UPS requires a payment before delivering.

More on this. Many of my Canada Post/USPS parcels to US are being returned, about 30%. I have shipped them all back, they are still in transit. I sent...

They are way more expensive at wholesale than the regular edition, so I have passed.

The form has always existed, it was just ignored by me and anyone who shipped models. Certain products have always had tariffs, so the forms where the...

Correct.

Yes, and no. As a carrier, they will bear the cost of handling the returned parcel, if the buyer never pays the tariff. The competing service actually...

Oh, and one more thing. Let's say Sergio receives a new batch, and pays the tariffs based on his cost. Then I buy a bunch of models from him, they arr...

Not much of an update yet but just wanted to bring the topic up. I shipped a bunch of parcels to the US yesterday, all contain models of Chinese ori...

@jack-dodds It's simple - when the model crosses the inbound US border, it is a subject to the tariff based on the original country of manufacturer. I...

Those Brumm carriages don't need your help, unfortunately. They crumble just fine by themself.

Nice to see all the familiar faces! Maybe I will be able to come next year; should be easier when Illinois becomes a Province of Canada.

I actually sold him a model once, unless there is another fellow with the same first and last name in NYC.