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3e Audio A5 Stereo Amplifier Review

Rate this amplifier:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 5 1.6%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 12 3.8%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 51 16.3%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 244 78.2%

  • Total voters
    312
Price up to $270 in AliEx. Those tariffs kicking in... :)
They also sold out quite quickly on their first batch, so launching a second batch, they can either keep the price the same but increase batch size and/or increase the price (instead).

-Ed
 
USPS the regular US mail... announced today that they will not delivery package from China...So I will have to wait until is available at Amazon USA
 
USPS the regular US mail... announced today that they will not delivery package from China...So I will have to wait until is available at Amazon USA
As long as they still deliver packages from France you don't have to ...
 
As long as they still deliver packages from France you don't have to ...
Not paying 400.00 us for delivery to usa from France, 3e has to change the delivery to DHL or UPS otherwise will be a problem.
 

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350.00 plus tariffs that is coming from 220.00 original price nah
 
Nobody is safe. I ordered a phone case from Bandwerk in Germany, it shipped via UPS from Germany, and it reached Philadelphia yesterday. Today, I was forced to pay $27 to clear customs due to duties. Thanks to his imperial elected majesty Emperor Trump, whom I voted against.

-Ed
 
Nobody is safe. I ordered a phone case from Bandwerk in Germany, it shipped via UPS from Germany, and it reached Philadelphia yesterday. Today, I was forced to pay $27 to clear customs due to duties. Thanks to his imperial elected majesty Emperor Trump, whom I voted against.

-Ed

Wow. How much was the purchase price of the case, if I may ask?
 
Wow. How much was the purchase price of the case, if I may ask?
$116.00 before discount. 10% coupon, but then $4.90 shipping cost, plus $6.11 tax, so final total cost of order was $109.30 before duties, so I'm thinking I paid a 25% duties cost to UPS to release my package from hostage status.

-Ed
 
350.00 plus tariffs that is coming from 220.00 original price nah
Still cannot really follow your math, especially based on your screenshot. If you select "United States" as your country on the Audiophonics website, the VAT is set to 0%. You won't be double taxed.

Prices on AliExpress have been heavily discounted from about 2 days after release for a couple of weks. Don't expect this to be regular pricing when new stock arrives.

If you think that the amps are not worth the regular price thatza different subject. Personally I think they are.

Amazon would be nice but no less expensive. Doesn't look like this is going to happen.
 
350.00 plus tariffs that is coming from 220.00 original price nah
Where are you located?

I used my address here in New Jersey and I see 232.50 EUR before shipping, with a shipping cost via UPS of 29.50 EUR, for a total cost of 262.00 EUR.

Of course I have no idea if I would get hit with a surprise duty charge by UPS like I did with my Bandwerk phone case!

-Ed
 
Where are you located?

I used my address here in New Jersey and I see 232.50 EUR before shipping, with a shipping cost via UPS of 29.50 EUR, for a total cost of 262.00 EUR.

Of course I have no idea if I would get hit with a surprise duty charge by UPS like I did with my Bandwerk phone case!

-Ed
Tampa Fl, prior price is audiophonics France converted to usd...I will wait to be available at Amazon
 
Nobody is safe. I ordered a phone case from Bandwerk in Germany, it shipped via UPS from Germany, and it reached Philadelphia yesterday. Today, I was forced to pay $27 to clear customs due to duties. Thanks to his imperial elected majesty Emperor Trump, whom I voted against.

-Ed
Careful. I posted a similar comment and the mods were pretty quick to jump on me for posting political content.
 
$116.00 before discount. 10% coupon, but then $4.90 shipping cost, plus $6.11 tax, so final total cost of order was $109.30 before duties, so I'm thinking I paid a 25% duties cost to UPS to release my package from hostage status.

-Ed

Yeah, you got screwed by less than 24 hours. "Someone" signed an EO on February 1 that rescinded the $800 de minimis exemption for all imports subject to any duties effective February 4. The bill should show the HTS code for the item that would allow you to look up the rate. Until now, that exemption was in place because supposedly the cost to collect duties in smaller value shipments wasn't covered by the incremental revenue.
 
Yeah, you got screwed by less than 24 hours. "Someone" signed an EO on February 1 that rescinded the $800 de minimis exemption for all imports subject to any duties effective February 4. The bill should show the HTS code for the item that would allow you to look up the rate. Until now, that exemption was in place because supposedly the cost to collect duties in smaller value shipments wasn't covered by the incremental revenue.
I know the root reason I got screwed, but taking @kyuu ’s advice, I will say nothing more.

-Ed
 
I know the root reason I got screwed, but taking @kyuu ’s advice, I will say nothing more.

-Ed
I only commented because I was truly surprised that the EO rescinding the de minimis exemption didn't only apply to the specific countries that were widely discussed in the media--it was across the board.
 
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