Any legit seller from China already declares the amount and tariff class in their paperwork. There is nothing for you to change. I doubt there are many who will falsify that value to risk their business. U.S. customs only looks at the value and class to determine the tax. Maybe if you buy in large bulk some sellers will want you to handle all the customs yourself or through a broker depending on the terms.

Risk jail sentence? For under-declaring imported goods? In what country? But still, I understand trouble for refusing to pay fine once caught, blah blah. But not just for under-declaring goods value! Imagine making typo in customs declaration and insta prison lol. This does not happen.

He might be an alt account of this dongqudalaoli who promoting Canaan's official website that includes a fake telegram link.
Canaan never use telegram to contact their customers. So there is a big possibility that this man is one person trying to promote something or the telegram link.
I believe sooner or later if this thread is already buried in a few pages in this section he will edit his post and add the telegram link just like other users who try to manipulate the forum(Blackhat strategy).

Then you guess wrong! More to the point, the buyer has no say in what the value of a shipment is that an exporter declares to Customs. If a manufacturer or exporter cares about staying in business they will NOT 'help' you like that.

No one likes it BUT most of us here DO NOT try to 'hide' the equipment cost and NO reputable manufacturer would ever help you to falsify the value of a shipment. A manufacturer or exporter falsifying declared value is a very good way to have their goods banned from entering a country once they are caught.

As for the recipient the equipment was destined for, yer boned. In cases like that the equipment is seized by Customs.

Shipping your mining gear back to China for repair isn't the best idea, shipping to and from China will cost a lot, or your miner could be "confiscated" by the manufacturer.

I thought there should be a list of good repair services that all miners can access locally based on their geographical location, this will ensure a cheaper shipping rate and a much faster repair process.

I will be updating the list regularly as information come by, if you have or know a repair service please share it here or send it to me via pm, I will try to do some basic research on all the services I list here, but you will deal with them at your own risk.

Inputs coming from trusted members of the mining community in Bitcointalk will be very helpful.

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United States

Service: https://www.hmtech.co/services/
Prices: $150 for basic repairs - $300 for advanced (Based on my years of mining, most issues are basic)
City/State: North Carolina
First Mention by: philipma1957

Service: Bitmain Repair Service
City/State: NASHUA, NH
Address and more info: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/bitmain-announces-new-repair-site-in-new-hampshire-usa-to-support-more-customers/

Service: Myrig
City/State: Denver, Colorado
More info : https://service.myrig.com/

** There was a negative review on Myrig, there are mixed reviews on this service, some clients are happy with their services, others are not, there are no "direct scam" reports against "myrig", but some members mentioned that they had to wait for months to get a reply from them, please read the reviews and decide for yourself.


Europe

-https://www.zeusbtc.com/Repair.asp
-Located in (The Netherlands and Georgia)

While ZeusBtc is a trusted company with a great reputation, the repair centers displayed on their home page are not owned by them.


It's unlikely that someone will go to this extremes measure to scam, also since these providers are nearby, it would make sense that you could actually visit them in real life to confirm their integrity, while I wouldn't blindly trust them, I believe they are likely legit, but you MUST dyor.

Asking will you do a crime is not likely to get you honest answers.


If I buy from bitmain directly I know I am out 25-35% tax.

I figure it in.

Please be careful with this website, he may be a scam, it is recommended to contact Avalon's official Chinese website, and then contact websites outside of China through them.

Hey everyone .

I looked on bitmain support page and they promote apminer tool for monitoring and batch control of antminers

Has anyone used it ?

Is it safe ? Any reports of people using this and getting hacked ?

Thank u for in input

Nothing new about it, canaan.io is legit, one of the oldest manufacturers of gear.
Just be careful to use their website and not something with extra aaaa in the domain name or other funny extensions.