Has anyone bought a Laminator direct from China?

[ABDUL SITAB]

Hi - I need to buy a Lefu laminator direct from China. Would anyone that has done something similar or knows how to go about the customs duty plus related charges here in the USA. I tried CBP site but not much help. Any help would be very much appreciated since I haven't done something like this before.

 

[fixtureman]

from what I have read about getting a laser from China you may want to get a broker to hadle the paper work.

 

[netsol]

from what I have read about getting a laser from China you may want to get a broker to hadle the paper work.

probably good advice

 

[ikarasu]

Ordering from China is easy.





Ask your chinese vendor to give you pricing with DDP. DDP is delivered duty paid.



They do all the customs and tax information for you... And will ship it to your door, vs having to pickup at the port.



DDP shipping is going to be a lot more expensive than your original quote.... But it's more expensive because they're paying all the duties and taxes and brokerage info.





Ordering something that's DDP is as easy as buying something on amazon. Ive bought a few lasers, flatbeds printers (small ones) and tons of consumables / merchandise.... Never had any issue importing it so long as it's DDP, when it's not... 1 of my lasers for instance went FedEx, FedEx took care of all the paperwork (and charged an additional $40 to do so) and charged me the duties and taxes directly.





So unless you're picking up at a port....or wanting to self assess and handle the paperwork yourself vs the shipping company doing it.. You don't need to worry about any customs paperwork,

 

[MarkSnelling]

what is so special about this laminator that you need it?

I can tell you with sound experience that going cheap on a laminator is a horrid idea. Nothing worse than ruining your print in the 2nd last step.