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I cannot imagine the scale of the economical damage of all this...
It doesnt apply to businesses. And, consumers importing amounts over $800 is probably fairly unusual.
Likely not—I have a Macbook Pro on order from the Apple Store, shipped via DHL with origin from Shanghai, and currently jammed up in Cleveland.
I cannot imagine the scale of the economical damage of all this...
It doesnt apply to businesses. And, consumers importing amounts over $800 is probably fairly unusual.
Can you buy a bike for less than $800? A camera (Say from Japan perhaps)? A good fountain pen from Japan, Germany or Italy?
I cannot imagine the scale of the economical damage of all this...
And it wasn't just era of cheapness, it was also an era of variety, as many trinkets which were economical to produce for the whole world wouldn't be economical to produce in/for the walled tariff gardens.
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You're almost correct but in this case they are suspending shipments for over $800, not under. This doesn't appear to be caused by any changes to the de minimis rules, but rather the rules for the tier after de minimis And what an odd comment to use a throwaway for...
> And what an odd comment to use a throwaway for... Certain people seem to use throwaways for every comment or spree of comments.
> Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to.
How does a home-based business demonstrate their business bona fides here? Having a business account with DHL? Having a business name?
I cannot imagine the scale of the economical damage of all this...
It doesnt apply to businesses. And, consumers importing amounts over $800 is probably fairly unusual.
I cannot imagine the scale of the economical damage of all this...
It doesnt apply to businesses. And, consumers importing amounts over $800 is probably fairly unusual.
Not true. It’s common to receive phones and laptops shipped internationally from Apple, for example.
I don’t understand why some people are searching for ways to dismiss and downplay this in these comments. DHL is doing this because the volume of processing was excessively high now that the thresholds are lower. That means a lot of packages were meeting this criteria.
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That’s tariffs. Goods under $800 have de minimis exemption from tariffs.
Yes, but they are overhauling that. De minimis is going away for Chinese goods (and definately did give companies like ali express an unfair advantage with price conscious shoppers). I honestly dont know how the IOT space is going to manage. Espressif microcontrollers that used to cost < $2.00 that you could slap in a security camera are going to cost $50.00 now.
And very soon that will apply to packages with values below $800 as the de minimis exemption is being phased out I reckon. Not exactly business-friendly, the government should be able to handle the load before enacting these rules at least.
No, no… that’s the point. We often think of costs in monetary values only. Costs are two-dimensional: money and time to acquire the good. This is a tariff on time.