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0 pointsAurornis1y ago0 comments

There is a minimum fee for packages, yes. At this point I've lost track of all the changes but at one point I remember seeing $100 or $150 per package under some conditions.

Carriers will also charge a fee for brokering it. USPS has a $9 fee, other carriers are higher.

We went from being free to order things internationally to having out of control fees and taxes on top of everything.

There's a lot of sneering at Temu and Shein, but the hobbyist and electronics worlds are about to get hit extremely hard by the lack of access to tools and parts from Aliexpress. It's really sad.

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yorwba1y ago· 2 in thread

That there is a minimum fee doesn't necessarily mean the customer pays it on arrival. It could also be charged to the sender in advance, and if they don't pay, the package is simply not delivered at all.

If you could cheaply send stuff to random people to make them pay huge fees when they get something they didn't even order, that would be quite bad...

K0balt1y ago

Yet that’s exactly how it works. Each package will have $100 tacked on and in June that goes up to $200. They are basically making small packages impossible, so individuals / hobby buyers will be cut out completely, and a lot of small businesses will lose their supply lines. Big businesses will just raise prices to compensate… or bite the bullet long enough to put everyone else out of business. I suspect this is Walmarts plan.

cyberax1y ago

> If you could cheaply send stuff to random people to make them pay huge fees when they get something they didn't even order, that would be quite bad...

You can just refuse to accept the item, and it'll be returned to the sender or destroyed.

mvdtnz1y ago

> the hobbyist and electronics worlds are about to get hit extremely hard

Speak for yourself. I am in this world but I am not in USA and I won't be subject to your stupid tariffs. Good luck to you.

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