No anonymous source. It’s the owner of Gold-N-Detectors in Golden CO. She placed her usual $1K+ order early this year, paid the invoice and then got a bill from US Customs a few weeks later. Kills her whole profit so she has dropped the line of sluices after carrying it for years. Just the facts, nothing fake.
oh geez.
The new Tariffs were extended to Canada and Mexico in June. For Canada they only affect steel ,aluminum solar panels and washing machines.
That's it nothing else was affected. no new duties or taxes on any other products. PERIOD!!
Nothing...again nothing changed for a store that sells sluice boxes in Co.. I don't consider June early in the year either so if this attempted order was pre-June....
Well hopefully she carries hip waders and large shovels...cause it is getting kinda deep in Golden.
That's not how it works for over border transactions on theses wholesale retail items. Anyway.
Customs doesn't even inspect the majority of items. For those types of transaction. They deal with shipping invoices and the shipper has to fill out forms and make declaration before shipping.
You submit your invoice first and know of duties beforehand.
You don't just find out once customs inspects your shipment. it is not a surprise. The mounties are not gonna allow the pile up on their side when U.S. Borders and customs are not letting stuff through because Joe Bob in Georgia didn't know what his duties were and decided he didn't want his order anymore.
Steel Aluminum washing machines (lol) and solar panels are trucked or shipped and are totally different.
Per Al. the first order is 1k after that it can be a few boxes at a time.
Also the dealer price is 40% off of retail.
The type of produced end user retail items like sluice boxes would have a sub 3% if they have a duty.
Sluice boxes don't. If the shipment is thousands of dollars there could be a handling fee.
And if they did garner a duty 3% of a thousand dollar invoice is not a profit erasing number.
Nafta cleared the way for this sort of free or cheap trade. Between producers and U.S. retailers.
Personal purchases like online from a Canadian retailer to an American customer are handled differently. They can actually garner a higher cost from duty and handling.
some one is trying to stretch legs for some reason.
It isn't me. It isn't Customs.
The "new Tariffs" did not stop anyone from being able to make a profit on Angus sluices in the States
The info I have shared is current factual and verifiable
Still waiting for it to be actually refuted....
Sorry, but hearsay just doesn't cut it.
All though I'm to beat up (old) to get out and do much anymore ,I really like the layout of that sluice !! I'd buy and use one if I could get out to do it!
