A few questions...any idea why they canceled your previous 2 orders? Is this reship company providing you a Canadian address for Amazon to ship it to? When did you pay these taxes and tariffs, when you made the purchase?
Anyone bought from Canada and had it sent to US?
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Amazon Canada claimed suspected fraudulent activity on my Amazon account both times, and "to protect me" cancelled all outstanding orders, deleted my newly added Canadian address, and removed my credit card from my Amazon account, and then locked my Amazon account at Amazon.CA and Amazon.com! Meanwhile, I was repeatedly calling Amazon to tell them I was verifying the charges as mine, not disputing them, but they kept treating it as though I was still disputing the charges! During this time, the available stock at Amazon was immediately exhausted and sold to others. Eventually, the creator Combo became available again with a delivery date of June 19, and that purchase now shows it has gone though, and has not yet been cancelled. However, until they actually ship it and successfully deliver it to Reship, anything can happen. Because of the high dollar amount, delivery also requires a One Time Password be given to the driver by a human at the delivery address, and that 6 digit number is only available to me on the morning of the day of delivery via email, which I have to enter into my Reship.com account before the delivery with the tracking number. They sure don't make it easy!
Reship has a Canadian warehouse address for delivery from Amazon Canada, and assigns each customer a unique 7 digit alphanumeric suite number at that address, which is then tied to your account.
I was charged all Canadian taxes and Canadian Chinese import tariffs (roughly $530) by Amazon included as part of my $4030 USD order total. Still uncharged are any additional U.S. import and Chinese tariff fees, which will be based upon my online Customs Declaration that I file, after Reship takes possession, before Reship charges me their reshipping fee to the U.S., which depends upon the Amazon box size, but Reship's fee should be less than $100. All in, it will likely be about $5,000 U.S., but I will then have a "bird in the hand" with a 12 month Canadian DJI warranty, with potential Refresh availability, which I most likely won't purchase, as I have never had a claim on any DJI aircraft upon which I purchased Care Refresh, so I'll self-insure this time.
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Right on, thanks for the info. Please let me know when the customs fees are levied and what they amounted to. Sucks you gotta pay import tariffs for 2 countries. I know a whole lot of nothing about how an object is sent from Canada to the US, but I assume since it crosses that boarder, it's not just like mailing a parcel in the continental US that would get little to no screening on its route...
Indeed. It's an international import that requires the shipper (moi) to fill out a custom's declaration form of the contents, its value, and origin. Fortunately, the already imposed Canadian Chinese tariffs are only 5%, but their sales tax is another 10% in BC, adding $520 USD to the base price displayed on Amazon Canada, converted to USD.
So if I've done the math right, from amazon.ca, the usd for the Creator Combo comes in at 3510 plus tax makes it around 4100, which is pretty much the cheapest way to do it, far as I can tell. 4 is about as much as I'm comfortable spending, so if I can get it that close, I'll do it. The biggest concern I have is customs. Still need a number there and that should cover all unknowns.
I've already been down that naive road.
If you check the Customs Fees DrDrone.com charges of an additional $2200 for shipping to the US., and add in the Canadian taxes and tariffs that Amazon Canada charges Canadians, your grand total through Amazon Canada becomes $6,200!
Adorama is charging $5000 delivered including 7.75% state taxes. Saves $1200! They had stock all last week at that price, and sold out Friday. Next shipment expected in August.
If retailers are thinking like I think they are thinking, customers who want Mavic 4 Pro drones have one by now. They're a lot more expensive in September and now there's a tariff on top of that. If I'm a retailer, I would not exactly stock up on M4P drones destined for America. Even Stevie Wonder can see the writing on the wall, the creeping but silent inflation, the economic uncertainty.....there's bleakness abound and it's coming soon, surely as the dark skies of winter are nearly upon us. In other years, yesterday was a normal end of the summer day, did that look like summer to you?
But prior to that, now would be the time to get your hands on as many Mini 5 Pro drones as you can carry, even under the current tariff conditions. The MSRP is low and therefore the tariff doesn't sting as much and many Americans see it as the last US/DJI drone and a last chance to get a decent drone should a real DJI drone ban goes into effect. Remember, people need new drones not always for the features but to refresh the parts and the improve the longevity and re-start the clock. By now, everyone's drones and accessories might be getting long in the tooth. A nice shiny new M5P might hold you 3-5 years if you are lucky. $1000 for one (since we all have batteries and good remotes) delivered would be a pleasant ending to an otherwise grim year.
Adorama has continuously been taking pre-orders, and all oncoming stock is only sold to those with pre-orders. They have never listed the Creator Combo as "in stock." Even when they had excess, you still had to place a pre-order, which stated that it would ship out that day, and it did!
What you need to check is the expected shipping date on the backorders. It is now into October. Place a pre-order now, and it will ship in October, and your credit card is not charged until it actually ships, so you can't lose. Your credit line isn't even affected by the pre-order. You can also cancel at any time before it actually ships without penalty.
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