Buying used from Canada

In the past hours the tariff for Canadian goods went up to 35%. Could change by midday tomorrow though. Or maybe Sunday night. Hold on for the ride.

Hard to answer what the fees could be. It appears everyone has different experiences. As of today, it could be one number in the morning and flips to another number by the afternoon. These are very difficult times for  businesses of any sort. Economies and businesses thrives with predictability. In times of in unpredictability things do not go well.

Common business sense. It’s how the economy has worked for hundreds of years. Maybe more.

As for the question of fees of buying from Canada, I would not worry for i would go for it. Life is too short to worry about it. This is a one off transaction.  Go with the flow. Odds are you may get a free pass. If you had folks on your payroll, then I would worry.

And for those that are not happy with my comments, my question to you is. How many people do you have on your payroll?  And if you do have people on the payroll, are you tied to the global economy?  I live in this environment everyday.

@jasonbourne71 While I think your off the mark many times, you got this one dead on.

Hmm  Foxnews?

Yeah @cleeds get your facts right. Choose your sources wisely. The best source for this info is from a fair and balanced TV channel called Foxnews. You should know this by now.

While I’m not happy that @jasonbourne71 comment was removed, I can see the moderator taming this conversation. Things could go south really fast. Best to tap the brakes early. 

There is no national sales tax. Any sales tax would be at the state level. Each state has or does not have its own sales tax. Each state will have various methods to capture their sales tax from any consumer transaction. It’s the sellers responsibility to collect the tax. There are no sales tax paid at customs. Forgetting the current chaotic business environment,  Customs employees have a tuff job figuring out what the tariff fee will be or not be on small transactions. Because of the volumes of incoming product and type, especially small packages coming in every day and every hour, they need to make quick decisions on the spot looking at docs while at the same time look out for illegal stuff.

It’s unreasonable to expect some human to know all the tariff codes and its derivatives to make the correct call each time.  You can only ask so much from a person.