Avalon question - Customs charge?

[manstab]

I live in Canada and am anxiously awaiting my batch 3 Avalon ASIC.  To those who have received one in US or Canada, did Customs charge you a ridiculous amount upon delivery?

I recently ordered a $200 item from China and Customs charged me a 17% fee.  I'm hoping that I'm not faced with a $1000 charge when this thing comes in. 

[kinitex]

I too would be dealing with the same issue residing in Canada. Has anyone found a way around it?

[BitAddict]

You're lucky, in Spain I paid 90€ for a 200€ order from China..

[ArticMine]

I live in Canada and am anxiously awaiting my batch 3 Avalon ASIC.  To those who have received one in US or Canada, did Customs charge you a ridiculous amount upon delivery?

I recently ordered a $200 item from China and Customs charged me a 17% fee.  I'm hoping that I'm not faced with a $1000 charge when this thing comes in.  

Let me guess 5% GST and 12% in "brokerage" and other charges payable to the courier company not customs. The way to avoid a ridiculous "customs" charge on small items is to never use a private courier for shipping. The worst I have seen is UPS who charged 50 CAD to "broker" 3.50 CAD of GST.

[peterepeat]

I am wondering the same thing for importing Avalon into Australia. Have any Aussies received one?
I think Avalon ship the unit with the invoice stuck on the box, showing payment in BTC. I am not sure what Aus customs will do (if anything) about that.

[fpgaminer]

This question has been more or less answer in the existing Avalon threads.  As a courtesy to others, please always search the forum, and take the time to read relevant threads before starting a new thread.

For your convenience, here's my experience.