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When UPS Charged Me a $684 Tariff on $355 of Vintage Computer Parts (ups tariff customs vintage parts import duties) (oldvcr.blogspot.com)
5 points by bmonkey325 5 days ago | 2 comments


  • rocky1138 5 days ago
    The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster. right at the beginning of it all with reports of troubles but no one putting together just how fundamentally their universe had changed.
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    • bmonkey325 4 days ago
      I often think more like the film _Brazil_ when dealing with Canadian customs. I import a lot of vintage LEGO from Britain. Morpeth, Northumberland seems to have 50s and 60s LEGO preserved in amber. Anyway, every now and then a package from there is classifed as Commerical Good. To liberate from customs you have to register as a commercial entity and then clear it with a surety bond.

      The advise in the article is sound - pay the duties and if you can appeal, do so.

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