I just got 2 customs bills from Fedex
$35.68 for 1 R4 Which was delivered to me on Dec 7
$43.13 for 1 S9 Which was delivered to me on Dec 12
Since each item was well under 2500 in value
I should have paid $0
I contacted fedex
here is their explantion
the r4 is 1,147.49 declared value
the s9 is 1,489.17 declared value
total is 2,636.66 since they arrived within 1 week they are considered 1 shipment.
My translation = Fuck you pay the money bitch.
So I now must add $78.81 to my cost
$35.68 for 1 R4 Which was delivered to me on Dec 7
$43.13 for 1 S9 Which was delivered to me on Dec 12
Since each item was well under 2500 in value
I should have paid $0
I contacted fedex
here is their explantion
the r4 is 1,147.49 declared value
the s9 is 1,489.17 declared value
total is 2,636.66 since they arrived within 1 week they are considered 1 shipment.
My translation = Fuck you pay the money bitch.
So I now must add $78.81 to my cost
That's not good but its not too bad. Customs duty here (the UK) would've been minimum $527 plus fees from the postoffice/courier for doing the papaerwork. Id love to live in the US. Electricity is cheaper and import regulations are pretty good (most of the time).
Damn, Phil, that sucks balls... I got a 2nd R4 coming in this week that'll be swapped with the one in my bedroom, and that one will go to the Great White North and hang with Alan and the gang at Cryptoboreas. This is crazy, in 1 year I went from a lowly S5, sold it and got an S7, sold it and got an R4, and now a second one to be online in a week or so. Yeah, I know I'm small potatoes compared to many of you, but a 16x increase in hash in a year, now THAT'S exponential growth! Don't think I'll be able to keep it up for another year, tho...!
Ive done a similar thing, December last year I started with 2 Antminer U2's, then a gekko stick and three Rbox V2's, sold those for twice what I paid for them, bought 3 S3+, sold those and broke even, bought a sidehack S7LN and two more gekkos, and a couple of weeks ago sold the LN and bought a B10 S9. Only limiting factor is im at home and no where to set up a proper mining farm/rig so everything has to be underclocked and as quiet as possible and also not use too much electricity.
