Results: Online Shopping and Customs/Brokerage Fees
Published on 06/23/2016
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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