Just did a search products for sale based on your comment about availability to purchase in the US. Found maybe 10 Mavic 4 Creator combos supposedly in stock , only two that seem to be from some form of a store, the rest seem like individuals, ranging in price from $4,400 to $5,600. Then there is Adorama at $5,500 backoredered, B&H at $4.650 out of stock and DJI that does not even list it at this time. Let's not forget no DJI drones are in stock at DJI at the moment.
When the last uninterupted
drone launch for DJI came out I do not remember people talking about ordering any from another country even though there still was a duty on Chienese direct imports.
I think it is very presumptuous to say that everybody just wanted to avoid the tariff. Yes there was no tariff for items under the stated value of under $ 800 except China until the August 29th.
I still stand with my comment that while some may have sought to save on the price impact of the tariff, not all many just wanted to get one in whatever way that it was possible.
I bought a RC2 Pro contoroller for mu
Air 3, from an EBay vendor here in the US, beacuse I did not want to take the risk of dealing with customs. In the end I have no idea how that vendor imported the conttroller which is also true for all the other DJI proucts listed for sale here in the US.
There is no normal way to buy any form of DJI drone in the US at the moment.