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I don't think we should be shocked at Phil's pricing. My only point was to defend Phil in terms of his pricing, which seems to be in line with that of other US vendors for comparable artist club blades given their respective quantities in each pack. However, our bottom line as consumers cannot be directly compared to Phil's bottom line as a merchant. Just to be clear, allow me to say that I too would definitely stock up from Japan if I were in the market for this blade. I think we may be talking apples and oranges here. He's a class act and one of the best retailers out there. I'm glad Phil runs his business the way he does, and I look forward to purchasing a lot more from him in the future.

Just look at the prices on Amazon (which are nearly always cheaper for obvious reasons) for other brands of Artist Club blades which have fewer blades in each pack. In all the years that I have purchased goods from other countries, I think I have had to pay duty/customs charges only twice.Īt the end of the day, I don't believe Phil is taking advantage of anyone by charging $21 for 30 high quality Artist Club blades. We forget or don't even realize this because we hardly ever get charged, but there is always that possibility. Most of us tend to forget or fail to realize that we also are liable for duty and customs charges on goods from other countries.

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While we are free to try circumvent those charges by ordering more directly from other countries, our frequent success in that endeavor doesn't change the bottom line for merchants like Phil who nearly always have to pay those charges in order to have foreign goods to sell in the first place. I could be mistaken, but I think businesses importing goods from abroad are (in some cases at least, if not all) liable for duty and customs charges. I don't consider it fair to compare pricing between a Global Internet retailer and a brick and mortar Internet merchant in the USA who has to pay his rent and his employees and also turn a profit for himself (which is the whole point of running a business).

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