Acebeam wants me to figure out how much the customs should be

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I purchased the W30 from China and received a discount from acebeam directly and already paid my 210.90 to them via PayPal, now they want me to figure out how much the customs price would be. The problem is I have NO idea how that even works so I don’t know how the expect me as the consumer to figure this out. Haven’t they dealt with this before and already know what to do?

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This is America dude, we don’t have import customs fees.

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<$800 = $0 in customs for most commodities to the US.

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Let’s say the value is $850, I’m curious how much it would be?

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Flashlights were like 12.5, but might have gone up to 25, not sure, not imported any in a while. On top of the % fee you would have a brokerage fee of around $10.

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:+1: :beer:

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Just occurred to me the ironic trade war between our two countries may mean there is some tax or duty involved. I still doubt that though. May just be you’re experiencing some chinese hostility from Acebeam towards america…

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I think you misunderstand the purpose of their question.

Chinese sellers are accustomed to buyers overseas asking them to ‘fudge’ the declared value to avoid fees. Maybe it is $100 flashlight and the buyer says “please declare value of $20.”

Acebeam are asking you for this purpose. They are trying to do you a favor, albeit an unnecessary one. Since USA does not have any import fees below $800, it doesn’t matter. Just tell them to put full price. Simple.

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that. tell them to put full price. there won't be any import fees because the value is below 800US$.

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Where can we find the discount for the W30 ?
Obviously asking for a friend :sunglasses:

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The majority of countries have import fees that start at $20-100. Singapore and Hong Kong, I believe generally is duty free. Australia used to be $1000 AUD, but I think they lowered it. But most of Europe its like 20 Euro’s or so IIRC. Canada even I think its like 20 CAD. The $800 limit in the US is very high. It seems pretty unfair that China charges the US import tax on maybe a $20 item, but in the US we have a $800 limit. That is one example of unfair trade policies.