How much will I now pay in duties to ship a stylus from Japan?


Anybody import a phono cartridge/stylus from Japan since the August 29 when the old $800 duty-free threshold ended? I am interested in importing a vintage stylus that costs about $200. Worried about how much I will have to pay. Do the mail carries charge the duty before delivery? How much should I expect to pay? Any tips and what to ask the Ebay seller?

mrgopal

Chaos is the word these days.  Hard to know anything for sure anymore until it affects you.    Nobody I know is calling things great.  I probably just need to mingle with more oligarch types, if they would even have me?  Rumor is they have the best hifis as well to go along with the yachts, etc.  Call it the very high end which is way better than merely being high.

Try buying American. I've spent over 15m on eBay in the past few years but never trusted oversea's sellers with anything of consequence except maybe a c.d. Just me. I would imagine a nightmare if something was not as advertised or broke and had to be returned.

My late and helpful comment here is:

*Everything* takes more time, more steps, 5 clicks where 1 used to work.

 

The import tariffs I would be less concerned about. It's the delay in collecting them and who is responsible for paying them. Since Trump ended the de minimus import rule, delays are affecting everything now. Even things below $500. Which wasn't the case before for music purchases. I ordered a limited edition CD box set out of the UK and it's been stuck in shipping purgatory for about 8 weeks! I was intending to order a pair of speakers from a small UK manufacturer but the shipping delays caused by tariffs have pause my purchase for the time being. If you purchase anything from overseas expect a longer delay.