New importing costs

[Landshark99]

While not exactly a drone purchase but it is a Japanese made product, out of curiosity I decided to check if there was any real price change on something I had bought in June of this year from Amazon Japan. In June i bought a saltwater Daiwa spinning reel, it is a made in Japan one of there better reels, so it is not inexpensive. I found that even with shipping I could buy it in Japan for $420, which was a lot less that here in the US. This was before 8/29/25 which means there was no tariff/duty on imports from everywhere except China for anything under $800.

Today I checked what it would cost me now after 8/29//25 since the exemption had been removed, if I bought the same reel today it would cost me $775 , that is a $355 increase because of import duty/tariff

 

[MS Coast]

While not exactly a drone purchase but it is a Japanese made product, out of curiosity I decided to check if there was any real price change on something I had bought in June of this year from Amazon Japan. In June i bought a saltwater Daiwa spinning reel, it is a made in Japan one of there better reels, so it is not inexpensive. I found that even with shipping I could buy it in Japan for $420, which was a lot less that here in the US. This was before 8/29/25 which means there was no tariff/duty on imports from everywhere except China for anything under $800.

Today I checked what it would cost me now after 8/29//25 since the exemption had been removed, if I bought the same reel today it would cost me $775 , that is a $355 increase because of import duty/tariffView attachment 184810View attachment 184811View attachment 184812

I'm a Shimano reel fan, but I think we all agree that we're now great again now that these import tariffs are here. (not)

 

[Landshark99]

I have some Shimano reels as well, and yes we are great again.

 

[mavic3usa]

One of my favorite drone product comes from Japan and the maker does a pretty good job of keeping their US customers informed:

For the US customers

-UPDATED (26.8.2025)- Thank you for shopping with us! Due to Japan Post's current suspension of parcel services to the United States, all shipments to U.S. addresses will now be handled via FedEx using the DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) shipping method. What is DDP (Delivered Duty Paid)? Under the...

wrapgrade.jp

 

[Bad Santa]

The reality is none of us know how this is going to be going forward.
The entire tariff thing is a major disruption in shipping. It's not like someone can flip a switch and it will all be in place, or not.

I have an item supposed to come by October 10th. Don't know how they are handling their end but they said they pay import fees and have a high, long term, rating and have sold 62 of these in the last month.

So far there's no tracking since the order other than shipping label being created. It's been over a week.

 

[Landshark99]

just speculating but depending on how they are shipping this this so new they are probably still trying to figure this out. I think most of the time we will have to pay up front those import fees like the fishing reels added cost or like the other vendor posted. The biggest nightmare for both the vendor and shipper is having something show up in custom in the US and the final customer rejecting the shipment due to the tariff/tax cost.

 

[1gratefulflyingdawg]

Wait for your coffee tariffs hit.

 

[Bad Santa]

Wait for your coffee tariffs hit.

Bring them on.
I'm one of the few who decided to not get addicted to that dirt water.

 

[GadgetGuy]

just speculating but depending on how they are shipping this this so new they are probably still trying to figure this out. I think most of the time we will have to pay up front those import fees like the fishing reels added cost or like the other vendor posted. The biggest nightmare for both the vendor and shipper is having something show up in custom in the US and the final customer rejecting the shipment due to the tariff/tax cost.

FYI: eBay's Money Back Guarantee is completely VOID if you reject a shipment due to tariffs, no matter how "unexpectedly" large!