http://www.itintl.com/what-should-i-consider-before-importing-something.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:01:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.itintl.com/what-should-i-consider-before-importing-something.html/comment-page-1#comment-105 Brad Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:19:52 +0000 http://www.itintl.com/what-should-i-consider-before-importing-something.html#comment-105 What no one tells you is that once your shipment arrives in the states, no one can seem to help you, but everyone is right there to take money from you. The line of open palms seems to go on forever. This company is the Steamship company who wants 150 bucks. Then they send it to a warehouse who charges you IN handling and OUT handling and Pickup charges and fuel surcharges and daily storage fees. Thats another 500 bucks. Then if you wait to long (15 days) it goes to a GO warehouse and then they want a customs inspection done - thats 350 bucks more. Then the GO warehouse wants 1800.00 but they can't seem to explain why it costs so much. And depending on who you talk to there, it may be higher or lower. But only if you pick it up soon. Then you find out they don't even have your shipment there anylonger. It was released to a different warehouse facility half way accross town. They want 400 bucks for transportation and holding and fuel also. Then you find out they wont let you have it because theres a lien on it from some company in a different state...thats when things get exciting. They want 430.00 for documentation and filing. If you want to get rich the good old fashioned American way - forget getting a job. Buy a truck and a warehouse and sign up to import peoples merchandise and become one of the many, many leeches who suck from the underbelly of others hard work. What no one tells you is that once your shipment arrives in the states, no one can seem to help you, but everyone is right there to take money from you. The line of open palms seems to go on forever. This company is the Steamship company who wants 150 bucks. Then they send it to a warehouse who charges you IN handling and OUT handling and Pickup charges and fuel surcharges and daily storage fees. Thats another 500 bucks. Then if you wait to long (15 days) it goes to a GO warehouse and then they want a customs inspection done – thats 350 bucks more. Then the GO warehouse wants 1800.00 but they can’t seem to explain why it costs so much. And depending on who you talk to there, it may be higher or lower. But only if you pick it up soon. Then you find out they don’t even have your shipment there anylonger. It was released to a different warehouse facility half way accross town. They want 400 bucks for transportation and holding and fuel also. Then you find out they wont let you have it because theres a lien on it from some company in a different state…thats when things get exciting. They want 430.00 for documentation and filing. If you want to get rich the good old fashioned American way – forget getting a job. Buy a truck and a warehouse and sign up to import peoples merchandise and become one of the many, many leeches who suck from the underbelly of others hard work.

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