Heads Up!

I ordered an item from Andiot a few weeks back. Andiot charged their usual shipping fees ($30) When I checked on the status of shipment, it was quite the shock to find out that I owed UPS $185 in import duties and "brokerage fees" This was almost 3 times the price of the item itself! And just to be clear, it was UPS that charged me these fees, NOT Andiot. I have never had to pay any fees in regard to a purchase coming from China. If your seller uses UPS, you might want to have them use a different carrier. This is ridiculous! Has anyone else run into this? Oh, and BTW, it took almost 6 fucking weeks for it to arrive due to CNY.

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