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Originally Posted by Theorist
I don't know if receiving a large parcel from Europe might require me to pay excise tax.
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Depends upon who's working customs desk that day. I've had international packages delivered to my door and an invoice mailed for import fees. In other cases, package was held at customs and I had to fetch at Oakland docks and pay fees before release. In yet other instances, package arrived on doorstep and no notice of any fees due ever showed up.
Not sure what relationship dealers have with manufacturers. I tried getting Dunlop Alpha-13 & 13-SP in 140/70-17 sizes as they were made in that size. The one and only single importer/dealer in U.S. market said flatly that no such size existed. At exact same time I'm on phone and looking at Dunlop website showing that size is made. And UK, Italian and Japanese sites had them for sale too! I suspect it's some of monopoly thing.