The Tube Store Kills all USA Shipping

glpg80

glpg80

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Got an email that you can no longer order tubes from the tube store. They aren’t shipping Us orders anymore due to tariffs.

What are some reliable tube sources for tubes? That’s where I order most of mine.
 
To be more specific, Canadian (and many other countries) international carriers are temporarily halting shipments to the USA due to the expiration of the de minimis exemption that has historically exempted anything valued under $800 from customs duties and tariffs. It isn't so much retailers refusing to ship, it's the actual mail carriers that are refusing to ship (post offices, UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.).

I just had an order of vintage Iskra resistors I bought on eBay cancelled because the seller's home country's post office refused to accept the package.

As far as tubes go, there's Doug's Tubes, Tube Depot, Tubes And More (Antique Electronic Supply), etc.
 
glpg80 said:
Got an email that you can no longer order tubes from the tube store. They aren’t shipping Us orders anymore due to tariffs.

What are some reliable tube sources for tubes? That’s where I order most of mine.
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I am surprised they can afford to do that.

I bought from them once and the tubes weren't matched well so I didn't use them again.
 
FourT6and2 said:
To be more specific, Canadian (and many other countries) international carriers are temporarily halting shipments to the USA due to the expiration of the de minimis exemption that has historically exempted anything valued under $800 from customs duties and tariffs. It isn't so much retailers refusing to ship, it's the actual mail carriers that are refusing to ship (post offices, UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.).

I just had an order of vintage Iskra resistors I bought on eBay cancelled because the seller's home country's post office refused to accept the package.

As far as tubes go, there's Doug's Tubes, Tube Depot, Tubes And More (Antique Electronic Supply), etc.
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Thanks for that explanation. I got the email too and was wondering about the details.
 
Current list of countries' post offices/international shipping companies halting, or otherwise restricting, delivery to the US:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...nded-postal-shipments-to-us-list/85867109007/

So if you need anything from those countries, or your retailer you rely on stocks anything from those countries, expect those items to be out of stock for a bit until this is all sorted.
 
Code001 said:
Current list of countries' post offices/international shipping companies halting, or otherwise restricting, delivery to the US:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/mone...nded-postal-shipments-to-us-list/85867109007/

So if you need anything from those countries, or your retailer you rely on stocks anything from those countries, expect those items to be out of stock for a bit until this is all sorted.
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The extremely silly part of all of this is those countries' mail carriers are saying they're halting shipments because they, "don't know how to handle the paperwork" that's required for items that incur tariffs or duties. But that's obviously complete nonsense because they certainly know how to handle it for packages valued over $800. And yet, they can't simply apply the same standards to packages valued under $800 now? What's the issue? Someone ships a pair of shoes valued at $120 from Italy to NYC and suddenly the post office is like, "Duuuhhhh deeeerrr what do I dooo??" I'm not buying that excuse.
 
FourT6and2 said:
The extremely silly part of all of this is those countries' mail carriers are saying they're halting shipments because they, "don't know how to handle the paperwork" that's required for items that incur tariffs or duties. But that's obviously complete nonsense because they certainly know how to handle it for packages valued over $800. And yet, they can't simply apply the same standards to packages valued under $800 now? What's the issue? Someone ships a pair of shoes valued at $120 from Italy to NYC and suddenly the post office is like, "Duuuhhhh deeeerrr what do I dooo??" I'm not buying that excuse.
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You can conspiracy theory this as much as you'd like, but honestly, the simplest answer is that it just isn't that simple.

"Shipments coming through commercial carriers, which represent about 95 percent of de minimis parcels, will need to have informal or formal entry designation documents and pay the relevant tariff.

Shipments coming from international mail carriers have the option of choosing an ad valorem tax rate, which is the effective tariff rate imposed under the emergency economic powers law used by Trump to deliver his initial “reciprocal” tariffs. The tax is then based on the value of that package.

International mail shippers can also notify CBP that they are choosing a “specific duty” for their package ranging from $80 per item to $200 per item. That option is only available for six months whereupon shippers will need to use the topline ad valorem tariff rate."

Source: https://thehill.com/business/5476144-de-minimis-exception-to-be-lifted-friday-what-to-know/

I work in software. I don't think I could reliably get something in place that's been thoroughly coded, tested, cyber hardened, and deployed to handle such an increase in volume. And that's not even accounting for all the new documentation that needs to be spun up, staffing that needs to be increased, training of new staff, and so on. The EO was signed last month. It's an extremely short period of time for a precedence that has been in place for over a decade.
 
shar-vell Dan said:
Don't worry tariffs won't cost consumers anything i saw that on TV.
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Buy American; and Chinese or Russian tubes.
 
Code001 said:
You can conspiracy theory this as much as you'd like, but honestly, the simplest answer is that it just isn't that simple.

"Shipments coming through commercial carriers, which represent about 95 percent of de minimis parcels, will need to have informal or formal entry designation documents and pay the relevant tariff.

Shipments coming from international mail carriers have the option of choosing an ad valorem tax rate, which is the effective tariff rate imposed under the emergency economic powers law used by Trump to deliver his initial “reciprocal” tariffs. The tax is then based on the value of that package.

International mail shippers can also notify CBP that they are choosing a “specific duty” for their package ranging from $80 per item to $200 per item. That option is only available for six months whereupon shippers will need to use the topline ad valorem tariff rate."

Source: https://thehill.com/business/5476144-de-minimis-exception-to-be-lifted-friday-what-to-know/

I work in software. I don't think I could reliably get something in place that's been thoroughly coded, tested, cyber hardened, and deployed to handle such an increase in volume. And that's not even accounting for all the new documentation that needs to be spun up, staffing that needs to be increased, training of new staff, and so on. The EO was signed last month. It's an extremely short period of time for a precedence that has been in place for over a decade.
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There already is a system in place for carriers to collect and remit tariffs. If carriers are able to collect and remit taxes on something that's valued OVER $800, then they can certainly do it for items valued UNDER $800 as well. The larger issues is... is anybody really going to want to pay $80 tax on a $1.50 item, like a vintage resistor they buy on eBay that's coming from Serbia?
 
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