Mars Toys 1/6 MAT023 Alfred Pennyworth (Batman '66)

[ymba]

I really don’t see how this all will end well. With the orange man now in charge, inflation will probably go back up, companies are cutting left and right and hobbies like toy collecting will limit what we can afford or want . This is going to affect everyone..

 

[Asta]

I see there's a lot of people reporting the same occurrence on Kit's Fcebook.

It's been suggested that it's because taxes have to be paid as well as the 10% tariff, though 4PX should've already handled that since part of their job is prepayment to facilitate smooth customs clearance on arrival.

 

[Raven]

I see there's a lot of people reporting the same occurrence on Kit's Fcebook.

It's been suggested that it's because taxes have to be paid as well as the 10% tariff, though 4PX should've already handled that since part of their job is prepayment to facilitate smooth customs clearance on arrival.

I may be wrong. There could've been a change in the last couple months. But I've NEVER had to pay tax for goods purchased outside my country before. But perhaps when tariffs are involved it may work differently and somehow the taxes would apply too in addition. Maybe. I'd say those who've been living with tariffs and things like VAT for years could better answer that.

 

[Asta]

I may be wrong. There could've been a change in the last couple months. But I've NEVER had to pay tax for goods purchased outside my country before. But perhaps when tariffs are involved it may work differently and somehow the taxes would apply too in addition. Maybe. I'd say those who've been living with tariffs and things like VAT for years could better answer that.

That's because until now there was no tax payable on items under $800.

Trump on Saturday suspended the exemption as part of new tariffs that include an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods. The nearly century-old exception, known as de minimis, has been used by many e-commerce companies to send goods worth less than $800 into the U.S. duty-free, creating a competitive advantage.

But since he did this without consultation it's caused chaos and the postal system can't cope.

Hence today:

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade exemption, a provision commonly used by Chinese e-commerce companies Temu and Shein.

The order states that de minimis will be restored for small packages shipped from China, “but shall cease to be available for such articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue” on those items.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/tru...-minimis-trade-exemption-targeting-china.html

 

[Asta]

I may be wrong. There could've been a change in the last couple months. But I've NEVER had to pay tax for goods purchased outside my country before. But perhaps when tariffs are involved it may work differently and somehow the taxes would apply too in addition. Maybe. I'd say those who've been living with tariffs and things like VAT for years could better answer that.

Bleah posted this in another thread:

Just to clarify some things upon reading more on this.

Not all toys have predetermined tariffs for the US. These are just examples of a portion that may apply here. Toys that have human likeness (Hello 1/6 scale and action figures! Lol!) are subject to 4.7% tariffs. Robots and cars don't have any. Because of the de minimis exemption or having stuff declared undervalued (value below $800), most of our stuff never got hit with 4.7% tariffs. BUT once the de minimis exemption for China is removed, it will be 4.7% plus 10% for anything resembling a human being. Others just get the 10%.

The tariffs on Chinese goods were suspended today because the system can't cope with collecting them.