Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
by soapdog on Thursday August 11, 2016 @02:54PM
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Taxes and greediness play a strong role in Brazil. For example, I just imported 10 Tessels to start a class on IoT. So they charged 98% taxes, (60% import taxes + 20% icms + 18% of administrative fee from UPS).
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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more
by gol706 on Thursday August 11, 2016 @04:50PM
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Not an endorsement of this, but nothing that I have order directly from China has ever had an honest customs declaration on it. It's always a "gift" of "soap" or "lotion". I'm guessing if you charge 98% in taxes it's worth it to have customs agents who actually inspect things though.