I do not profess to know the intricacies of US customs costs, but if the shipper charged you $1,200 for something that was "not as described", I would not trust him to do what's right for you.
Declare the correct value on the Customs form?
What do you think? What would you do?
Fortunately at long last bought a ‘holy grail’ LP for $1,200. It arrived safe from Europe to the USA. It is clearly not as described. The Seller has asked the return be declared a $50 value on the Customs form.
Thank you for your thoughts, ideas and/or advice…