Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
I ordered some oem motorcycle parts not too long ago. The parts cost was ~$12 the shipping was another $8 when i placed the order. Three weeks later i come home to the parts at the front door. Fast-forward 3 more weeks and I get an unexpected invoice from fedex for $7 in duties and tarriffs. Needless to say, i've ignored the invoices for 5 months. -It's not that i'm upset that there are tarriffs on stuff I purchased -it's the fact that fedex never notified me of the bill till weeks after the delivery. Considering that its nearly the same as the cost of the parts, there's a high probability I would have rejected the delivery instead of paying the tarriffs had I been given the option like the guy in the post.
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