Thank you, tariffs... NOT!

[jmcipale 163]

A bit of a rant here (stop me if you have had enough of that in general). I heard a new big band - WDR Big Band from Cologne, Germany (Thank you Jazz London and KCSM). So i thought I would take a look at what they had available from the discography. First stop - discogs (big mistake. HUGE!). For whatever reason, recordings, be they vinyl or CD format, the price to ship from Europe is at/near $100 per recording! I damn near keeled over! Next stop - Amazon. It was a little better, $18-$20/recording, but then they get you with a 'tariff' tax! *sighs* It would almost be cheaper to take a flight to Cologne, grab what I can and fly back, hiding the music in the false bottom of my luggage to avoid the damn 'Duty Tax'.

 

Who knew people would consider smuggling recorded music in this day an age?

[Rob 6,453]

I have brought many things in and out of China in my luggage and nothing has been said at both ports of entry or departure. That has included CD’s but I haven’t done vinyl yet! 

[Daddyjt 9,892]

I do not believe that any of the new (within the last 2 years) tariffs have had any effect on media.  I regularly order from SDE out of the UK, and from another outlet in Germany, and have paid zero tariffs. Shipping isn’t cheap (it never has been), but no tariff impact whatsoever.

[Daddyjt 9,892]

As luck would have it, I just now placed an order with SDE out of England (Thin Lizzy in Atmos), and thought I’d share their message on tariffs -

 

[jmcipale 163]

Thanks Daddyjt.

I will simply avoid the seller who posts info about adding a tariff tax on their store front.

Edited 6 hours ago by jmcipale