Results: Online Shopping and Customs/Brokerage Fees
1.
1.
Do you online shop? Yes
83%
•
1690 votes
No
12%
•
236 votes
Undecided
2%
•
38 votes
Not Applicable
3%
•
71 votes
2.
2.
When you online shop, do you prefer to shop domestically? (If you shop eBay or Amazon, do you prefer sellers that ship from your country?) Yes
68%
•
1392 votes
No
9%
•
176 votes
Undecided
11%
•
214 votes
Not Applicable
12%
•
253 votes
3.
3.
When you shop online internationally, do you get dinged with Customs and Brokerage fees? Never
21%
•
420 votes
Rarely
11%
•
228 votes
Occasionally
13%
•
259 votes
About half-half
2%
•
50 votes
Most of the time
3%
•
60 votes
Pretty much all the time
2%
•
44 votes
N/A
48%
•
967 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
7 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| No, because I have items shipped to a parcel pick up business in the USA and then transport across the border myseld. | 0.05% | 1 |
| not yet | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| I have never had this happen | 0.05% | 1 |
| 0.05% | 1 | |
| only order once from China | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know. | 0.05% | 1 |
4.
4.
How much do you find Customs and Brokerage fees to amount to? Insignificant - still much cheaper than buying domestically
8%
•
158 votes
A lot - but still cheaper than buying domestically
8%
•
168 votes
About the same price as the items are worth
7%
•
133 votes
Too much - I would have bought domestically had I known better
10%
•
200 votes
N/A - I don't get charged Customs or Brokerage fees
66%
•
1348 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
28 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| dont shop internationally | 0.10% | 2 |
| 0.10% | 2 | |
| I don't shop internationally | 0.10% | 2 |
| do not buy overseas | 0.05% | 1 |
| too much | 0.05% | 1 |
| expensive, just a little higher than domestically | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't shop internationally | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't shop internationally. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm staying away from ordering from other countries, becauase of such problems. | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't very often shop internationally | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| N/A don't buy from other countries | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't remember being charger for them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't shop online | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know enough | 0.05% | 1 |
| it depends on the product but sometimes a bit much | 0.05% | 1 |
| Idk | 0.05% | 1 |
| donot buy overseas | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't shop on line | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't buy internationally at all | 0.05% | 1 |
| The fees vary greatly but are often very high | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| N/A - I don't shop internationally | 0.05% | 1 |
| i only buy made in america when i shop amazon | 0.05% | 1 |
| only shop within USA | 0.05% | 1 |
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