I paid what was quoted to yeah... they must have paid them. I am told the tariffs are set by the declared value of the item and some folks get around it by declaring a low value. I don't know if it's true but I do know some ebay sellers state...
Any idea if they were actually paid? Some other threads on this topic mentioned these international sellers are documenting their packages contain less valuable products like "cordless drills".
No. The drone model is usually assumed to match the section of the forum where it's posted. I guess some people just miss which forum they're in when reading posts though.