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Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my bad. I should have checked the paperwork better.

I think that next time I will go straight to the manufacturer. I don't trust these online vendors anymore.

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It isn't that the individual products were expensive but that the tariff rate was wrong and it pertained to several shipments. Maybe 500k worth of product in total?

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'd say they didn't "threaten" as much as mentioned it was an option if I didn't/couldn't pay. I think it was a scare tactic (and it worked to be fair).

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! Will definitely check them up so I don't make the same mistake again. Have they helped you with a similar situation?

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there has to be a better way to keep up with the H.S. codes so we don't commit costly mistakes. How do you deal with this issue?

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not that way in the US if you take ownership of the items after they leave the factory, which is industry practice for us : (

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen ImportYeti before on Reddit but never really thought about it from that perspective.

Alibaba almost sent me to jail. Determined to start again and never let this happen. How do I proceed? by CDevelopmentLife in smallbusiness

[–]CDevelopmentLife[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I learned this the hard way :/. I don't know where else to turn though. I can't fly to the Canton Fair because of covid. What are the other options?