How will the recently implemented tariffs affect your doll collecting?

Alice's Collection's team made an updated Tariff's notice o their front page, copying and pasting it here:


Notice for Alice's Collections US customers:

May. 7th, 2025

Dear customers from the USA,

We're so grateful, that none of you are giving us any pressure during this special time, we've only received support & trust, you guys are truly amazing and loving!

We'll resume sending shipments to the USA soon, during this special period (an actual economic war time) we have to do changes on shipping to adapt, our priority sequence is:
safty > least tariff possible (or none) > cost control > shipping time
We'll always put the safety of your shipments at our top concern, so we'll still choose shipping service from the best shipping companies, and we'll choose shipping options/routes that will cost the least possible tariff (or none) for you, and we have to consider the cost raise for us so that we can continue to serve the US BJD community, shipping time might be a sacrifice but as stated earlier we'll still choose the best shipping companies so that you don't need to worry about the safety of the shipments.

The original shipping options to the USA that we used are either still suspended or require tariff pre-paid. According to the new U.S. tariff policy, tariff rate is 145% or no less than USD100 per shipment, please feel free to contact us if you prefer the original shipping options and would like to pre-pay the tariff.

Thank you so much again for your patience and support.

In the end, peace and love will always prevail.

Hugs & take care,
AC Team

 

I wrote the Alice's Team that I would rather wait another year to get my dolls from them than to incur costs for Alice's, and /or for myself, that have been slapped in place to basically fill the gap of the tax cuts the orange ********* wants to give his billionaire buddies. Everyone's mileage may vary of course, but I just mainly do NOT want to give the orange the satisfaction on making a dime on any Tariffs, even! Hurry up, Nov. 2026!!!!!

 

Being in Canada, I don't plan on ordering from DenverDoll any time soon. I'll probably avoid buying anything shipped from the US for the foreseeable future.

 

I have Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/business/au...ion-ends-questions-remain-over-us-2025-05-02/
The relevant passage

"Under CBP's latest guidance, opens new tab, shipments from China and Hong Kong regardless of size will now be subject to Trump's new tariffs of 145% plus any prior duties, except for products such as smartphones which were excluded last month. These will largely be handled by express shippers such as FedEx (FDX.N), opens new tab, United Parcel Service (UPS.N), opens new tab or DHL (DHLn.DE), opens new tab, which have their own cargo handling facilities."

Although a passage in that article is confusing as it refers to the de minimus packages specifically and says 120%.

The confusion may lie in what specifically is in the de minimus package. Toys were previously completely excluded from tariffs. Now they are subject not only to the new tariff but any other tariffs added on to the category. So dolls may "only" be the 120% but other items may have add-ons of 20% more.

I'm following the topic in a reddit thread devoted to these new tariffs populated specifically by business owners, and one poor guy (who "showed the reciepts") importing a bunch of straw hats was hit with 173%. 120% plus an additional 53% in several more tariffs he was never subject to before, and one that he was.

This passage from CNN might also explain the disparity between your information and mine.

"Goods from China and Hong Kong shipped via UPS, DHL and FedEx are subject to a baseline 145% tariff, plus any additional product-specific tariffs. Goods shipped through USPS will be subject to a baseline 120% tariff or a flat $100 fee per postal item. Come June 1, the flat fee will increase to $200." https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/de-minimis-packages-tariff

What I can't seem to find is information on which you are going to be hit with: 120% (145%) or $100 ($200) whichever is higher or lower. Logic and precedence would argue for "whichever is lower" but this administration is driven by greed, and it would not surprise me to discover it is $100 or 120%, whichever is higher. Got to squeeze the last drop of juice out of the fruit, you know.

 

Really? Hopefully that’s not just temporary… We need a little good news lol.

 

Yes. But I keep doing this:

I was admiring the organza bags that I recently received with jewelry purchases from etsy. I was all: We're not going to be seeing any more of those either because they all come in from China. I like those little bags to store doll things in.

 

Update: I reached out to several Chinese doll companies/dealers and offered to prepay tariffs.

Ringdoll responded: they said that DHL is expecting the doll companies to prepay tariffs on our behalf. Ringdoll's freight forwarding company is refusing to accept shipments to the US. They are now trying to work with other shipping companies.

I told Ringdoll that if tariffs need to be prepaid, I will pay them. I refuse to expect a doll company, who works on pretty thin margins, to eat the costs caused by our government. To me, it doesn't seem right or fair.

 

I don't blame you at all. I'm currently not shipping outside the US just because I don't want my buyers to have to deal with this BS, and I don't want to risk their package getting hopelessly lost or damaged in the mess that is our postal system and customs. I hate it, it's definitely hurting secondhand sales.

 

The latest news: an 80 percent tariff seems "totally reasonable," per our president.

 

So he’s considering lowering it? It’s not great but this might mean it could get lower. If we’re lucky…

 

definitely better than 120% or 145% like still ridiculously high and unnecessary, but slightly less absurd

 

Man, it's bad when it's "only" 80% and I'm already prepared to feel a bit relieved if that actually sticks. I hold out a small bit of hope that it will continue to go down as negotiations happen... and I also hope that none of the companies I have outstanding orders with will finish their work until there's a change in the tariffs. The dealers are willing to hold stuff for me, but I can't imagine they will have the space to do that indefinitely, so I'm really hoping it won't be necessary for them to do so in the first place.

 

Well, I had been hoping to order some clothes for my S16 girl but now I'm scared. I was going to order from Legend Doll but I don't know if I'll slapped with a huge additional charge at customs or not. And I'm really sad to see Alice's Collections having to add tariffs to orders. They were another go-to for clothes.

 

I'll just be sitting on my hands.

 

Omg I think all the numbers are really what's driving me nuts. I have dyscalcula so it's especially difficult to get my head around all this.

I currently have a body that hasn't moved since reaching the US (about 5 days ago), but I've yet to be notified of any kind of fees. It's probably very backlogged. But I will update when/if I get a bill.

Yeah I think maybe I will watch some soothing sewing videos..

 

Looks like we're getting a bit of a reprieve after all, if I've read the article on Reuters correctly! Starting on the 14th, the tariff will be lowered to 30% for 90 days (now, what happens after that is a mystery, so I hope most of my dolls will show up in that window). That's actually manageable, even if the dolls are declared at full value. Still stings a bit, but it's not going to have me posting the "I'll never financially recover from this" gif

I miiiight go ahead and push a Resinsoul order for my floating head, because that's one of the few that stands a chance of actually being completed well within that window if I do it right now.

 

Ooh that would be great compared to the 120-145% nonsense. Do you have a link to the article you got that from?

 

Yep! Here it is: [Article]
Since a specific time frame was given, hopefully that means we have as close as we'll get to a "guarantee" that it won't spike any higher overnight, but... I'm prepared for anything at this point

 

Thanks! If it is 90 days, I'm hoping my two outstanding orders arrive in that time frame, though there's still the de minimis fee to contend with ><

 

Yeah, the fee could still be pretty beastly, but at least now it shouldn't bankrupt me completely I have... hm... two or three that could reasonably arrive pretty soon? I think I read that Gem of Doll generally has a quick turnaround time (and this is a nude doll), so that one might well appear soon even though it was a more recent order. My Dollzone and Dream Valley lads are fullsets but were ordered somewhere around 6-7 months ago. Those are somewhat questionable, but if their total turnaround time hits 7-9 months, they might make it before the end of that 90 days.

Of course, I hope that after 90 days, this tariff either stays where it is or lowers some more so I won't need to be worried about the stragglers (DZ 1/3 Yin Long being the scariest one of all those). I have other things on order that I'm all but positive won't make it (nothing from the harpy sisters onward from DV is likely to appear anytime soon, going by my experiences thus far), so I've got my fingers crossed.

 

Some positive news, while I don't know if this changes anything for orders under $800, the tariff rate on shipments higher than that is being reduced down to 30% (at least for the moment). I'm hoping that signals the de minimis exemption may also eventually be put back in place, or at least the fees lowered.

 

I did find more information, and as I suspected, the tariffs were going to be 120%/145% or $100 ($200 in June) whichever was higher. But this morning the percentage tariffs had been reduced to 30% with no mention of whether the de minimus number had been reduced. CNN was not very informative on that subject. I would operate under the assumption that the de minimus is now $100 ($200 in June) or 30% whichever is higher. So budget accordingly.

 

I was going to hold off on getting clothes and eyes for my dolls until I paid off the layaways but with the latest news I’m going to order a handful of stuff now. 30% is still awful but way more manageable than paying for the item practically twice because of tariffs.

I wish good luck for anyone who’s preorders have started to ship between now and the 90 day reprieve from the insane tariff %.

 

Does anyone know if we’ll still have that $100/200 per package that we were going to have before? Sry for no sources, do you know what I’m talking about?

 

Yeah that's the de minimis fee, and as far as I've been able to find, they're still going forward with that. It'll just be on top of a 30% tariff instead of a 120-145% one

 

I have been trying to find more about that box fee, but all I am getting are articles about the tariffs (at their varying amounts over the course of this past month). If anyone has any resources on this, please share.

There’s a wig I want to get, but all the ones I am finding I really like are from China. If I break down the price, tariffs, etc:

wig: $35 shipped
30% tariff: $10.50
box fee: $100
Total: $140.50

If there is actually a box fee of $100 on top of the tariff, that’s insane and I won’t buy it. $10 extra is one thing. $110.50 extra for a wig is absolutely not worth it.

 

I apologize it took a minute to get back to you.

From the routers article linked:
“Items valued at up to $800 and sent from China via postal services are treated differently. They are now subject to a tax of 120% of the package's value or a flat fee of $100 per package - an amount that rises to $200 in June.”

It seems fairly clear that tariffs are paid either ad valorum or as specific duty as chosen by the currier, rather than whichever is higher.
From the executive order removing the de minimus exemption on parcels from China:
“(c) Duty Rates. Transportation carriers delivering shipments to the United States from the PRC or Hong Kong sent through the international postal network must collect and remit duties to CBP under the approach outlined in either subsection (c)(i) or subsection (c)(ii) of this section. Transportation carriers must apply the same duty collection methodology to all shipments; however, transportation carriers may change their collection methodology once a month or on such other periodic timeframe as CBP determines appropriate, upon providing 24-hour notice to CBP.

(i) Ad Valorem Duty. 30 percent of the value of the postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption on or after 12:01 am eastern daylight time on May 2, 2025.

(ii) Specific Duty. 25 dollars per postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption on or after 12:01 am eastern daylight time on May 2, 2025, and before 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025, and 50 dollars per postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption on or after 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025.”

As a note, tariffs on packages under $800 from China have since been reduced to 54% or $100. Source.

 

Unfortunately, if this article is correct, it looks like that flat fee will remain: [Article]

It's just the first one I've found that specifically mentions the flat fee, so there might be conflicting information elsewhere. If it's correct, ouch, that makes accessory purchases ludicrously expensive. It's going to hit me too, I had an outstanding order for several wigs... perhaps enough to make it feel a bit less painful if they all ship at once, but it's going to be bad if they are staggered.

...Actually, I guess it's time to fire off a message to Legenddoll and ask if they can hold all my wig orders until they can be shipped together. I do NOT want to get hit for 100$ multiple times on some wigs.

 

Not a finance article but this article from verge says:
From May 14th, packages from Hong Kong and China valued below $800 will be subject to either a 54 percent tariff — down from 120 percent — or a flat $100 per-parcel fee

So maybe it’s not tariff plus fees on top. But we still have to pay something and it seems it’s up to companies to decide if they want the percentage or flat rate. Bonus is the increase to $200 is gone for now. Bad that well still get dinged for ordering small inexpensive stuff like eyes and wigs.

Maybe bundling orders as much as possible will make the sting hurt less? Instead of buying one wig it’ll seem better to buy a full outfit set and the wig. Or always bundle orders like you can do on package forwarding services?

 

That would be so much better! It’s absurd (not only the ever changing tariffs but also) that nothing is clear.

I just got an email from Supia saying they’re shipping my order. We shall see what I have to pay, thankfully it’s from Korea, so shouldn’t be TOO bad. But again, finding accurate information is painful lately. It’s all “wait and see”.

 

I did not know about the $100 fee.

That seems really steep!

 

But this morning the percentage tariffs had been reduced to 30% with no mention of whether the de minimus number had been reduced. CNN was not very informative on that subject. I would operate under the assumption that the de minimus is now $100 ($200 in June) or 30% whichever is higher.

At this point I can only conclude that the number is going to change based on a throw of the dice.

 

Unless I am reading it incorrectly, it seems like it’s an “or” situation, that you wouldn’t pay both the tariff and the box fee, only one of them.

Not sure why the article mentions the tariff being 54% and then 30% later in the article unless it was 54% before a deal was made? Seems like there are changes constantly

Anyway, doing a similar break down as in my last post, if someone orders a $500 doll:

doll: $500
30% tariff: $150
Total: $650

doll: $500
Box fee: $100
Total: $600

edit: and my wig example again, since it’s a less expensive item.

wig: $35
30% tariff: 10.50
Total: $45.50

wig: $35
box fee: $100
Total: $135

In that situation, for a more expensive item like a doll, it makes more sense to pay the box fee since it comes out to be less. For the wig, the tariff charge total is less, and makes more sense to pay that instead of the box fee.

That article also uses “or” between the tariff or box fee. Doesn’t suggest both. Strangely that one is also mentioning the 54% tariff, not the 30%.

Not sure why it would be the companies who ship out to decide this either, they are not the ones paying them.

Though I have some thoughts:

The reply from a company that someone got here (from Ringdoll) said something about pre-paid tariffs, but seems like that’s because of the shipping company. My best guess here is that it would help move the shipment through customs faster and more easily if the shipping company is paid ahead of time. The doll company “pays” the tariff similar to how they technically pay for a shipping label, even though it’s the customer’s money being used for this.

 

Hopefully it's that, because it could be something worse, which is "X or Y, whichever is higher". If that's the case, it'd be brutal for low-value items. I would have to cancel all doll accessories unless a dealer is willing to hold and bundle them together, or with a new purchase of higher value.

I'm having trouble keeping up too. As I currently understand it, the 54% is for de minimis items (under 800$ value) and the 30% must therefore apply to things of over 800$ value? I might be very wrong... all I know is, my poor brain is starting to melt a little. I am not a numbers gal! The inconsistency is awful.

 

From what I just read that's how it's supposed to be. I really hope that the report I read was wrong.

That's what I just read as well.

It's just getting crazier. I really wish that the de minimis examptus would come back for China, because it's rediculous to pay $100 soon to be $200 on a $30 doll wig.

 

I think you’re right about this. Which would explain why places like AliExpress has some stores increase the prices. Store A has a wig listed for $20 and Store B list the same wig for $27 (or probably more so they can still profit). A will just let the customs fees hit you when it gets to customs, B pre-paid so it should be in and out unless paperwork was done wrong or missing.

We customers are paying for it in all scenarios . The prepay model might make customers happy because we pay up front and less headache. But if the wind blows in the wrong direction the tariffs could be different and you might have underpaid. Then that headache happens. The other way might be more frustrating because of more uncertainty and, I mentioned this before, this way you might have to pay extra fees to the shipping company too because they’ll add on their brokerage fees for getting it out of customs.

So far the only thing they actually cancelled was the $100 to $200 dollar increase. They’ve axed the increase totally and for now, it’ll stay at that $100 dollar amount. Not that thats great…….

 

I contacted both ACBJD and Ringdoll and offered to prepay tariffs, which their major shipping partners are requiring. Too many consumers got the customs bill and noped out of deliveries, so Chinese shipping companies are insisting on prepayment.
ACBJD has already shipped one (small) order, and Ringdoll says they are going to ship this week.
To be continued...
Oh - apologies about reading the tariffs wrong. I hate customs.

 

I'm wondering did ACBJD tell you that your order was ready or did you have to ask them? I don't think that either of my dolls from them would be ready yet. But I am curious how their notification is going. Of course I'll also pay my tariffs. I hate this whole tariff situation, but I still want my dolls that I ordered from them.

 

If pre-paid tariffs is actually a thing, that is a bit of a relief to hear. I hate this whole tariff situation but the worst I foresaw was severe package delays and losses because of customs suddenly being overwhelmed by the extra load. If the shipping companies are having packages cleared ahead of time, that helps significantly.

 

We’re saying pre-paid on the forums but seeing how stores are dealing with this before the latest news. In actuality stores increase prices on goods to cover the fees as a business instead of passing it on to the customer. Stores do blanket price increases on all inventory and how much they increased is probably decided on how much they can cover tariffs without loosing money.

I don’t know if it means packages will get cleared while in transit. I know it happened before all this tariff mess but there still doesn’t seem a workflow has been made for customs and shipping carriers processing with the new rules and no de minimis. The backlogs are still there and possible but all things considered it hasn’t gotten as bad as it can get.

 

Has anyone heard of a confirmed case of someone getting taxed for importing a doll from Japan in the past few weeks? Considering a new doll, but the cost is already at the very top of my budget. If there's a few hundred dollars of taxes it will be out of the question.

 

If it ships immediately you might make it before the 3-month suspension ends, if i remember correctly. It was supposed to be for all tariffs except the ones from China.

 

Not dolls exactly, though you can track your BJD collection there too, but theres threads on MyFigureCollection forums where people are sharing their results for receiving their figures and tariff fees. It could be a good resource because I think customs codes tag it all as “toys” whether it’s a busty anime figure or a busty BJD

 

A newer announcement from ACBJD that they have began to ship to U.S. customers again. I am thankful for this as I have two dolls on order with them. It's says shipping and customs might take a bit longer. But, I'm okay with this. I am just relieved that I will get my dolls.

Copy/Pasted Announcement:

_____________________________________________________________________________________​

Notice for Alice's Collections US customers:

May. 14th, 2025

Dear customers from the USA,

We have resumed shipping to the USA a couple of days ago, as stated earlier we're sending via shipping routes that will occur none tariff (or as little as possible) for our US customers, shipping time could be longer than before due to changes of shipping routes as well as longer customs clearance time.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and support.

Best regards,
AC Team

____________________________________________________________________________________​

 

*fingers crossed* you get your dolls without getting slammed with additional fees!

 

Alice's Collections has been great about keeping us updated.

I don't quite get how using a different shipping route will help, since tariffs are based on the country of origin. But maybe they have something figured out.

 

This is such a relief. I'm about to finalize a layaway with them, and I was nervous about what my next step would be. I trust them a lot, but I didn't know they had any updates regarding shipping. Now I have to check the waiting time for Gem of Doll fullsets to see if I can take advantage of these 90 days.

 

I also don’t understand what “tax-free” ways they have and how they’re supposed to avoid taxes..

 

I cant find the article I saw but it’s by some loophole. One part is a some specific sea route and another is having the shipment go to a specific type of storage or warehouse when it’s gets to the US. There is probably other ways but that was referenced as the safest option. They are probably trying to keep the exact details as secret as possible to keep it safe to send things to customers that.

 

Someone explained it to me from the description from Space Studio's page, which lists DDP as their tax free option. DDP is Delivered Duty Paid, so the taxes are included in the shipping fee, as it was explained to me. I'm not sure how that might work with Alice's, since most of their dolls have had free shipping to the US in the past, but it's possible it might be a similar situation.

 

Thank you for the tip! I browsed the discussions but unfortunately it seems like a lot of the conversation was focused on the fact that the figures these folks are buying from Japanese companies are manufactured in China, and that is generally written on customs forms as country of origin, so ultimately it becomes a question of import taxes on Chinese goods.

However, I poked around some buying services chats. I still can't find anyone who has confirmed they bought a Japan-produced item and got taxed, but it seems there's a risk of at least 10% tax between 800-2500. (Take with a massive grain of salt)

I don't know if I want to risk it uhg...

 

They’re sprinkled in some of the discussions but finding the comments that state their packages customs form COO is listed with Japan even though it’s Maid in China is what to look at. Unless customs opens the package they wont dispute if what’s on the packing slip is correct to what’s inside a package. So far the handful I saw that received their packages and the COO was listed as Japan, regardless of where the product was made, no one over there has reported they’ve been charged yet. But they’re also under the 800 dollar limit/de minimis thats still applies to Japan.

For what it’s worth I recently bought something, not a BJD, from a Japanese seller and it’s actually made in Europe (second hand item). But my seller marked COO as Japan. It was over the $800 threshold and I did have to pay tariffs fees at the rate for Japan, and fedexs brokerage fees. Customs isnt checking every package because it will not be worth the headache so you’re probably safe.

If I were you I’d risk it if it’s under 800. If it’s over then only if I could afford it.

I’m not a betting person but I bet if they have a DDP option but shipping is free they either baked in shipping into the purchase price or for fulfilling pre-orders they’re absorbing the cost somehow. Maybe increased prices and/or shipping on newer orders? Free shipping is never free someone’s footing the bill somwhere. Like when you get junk mail and it says no postage necessary to mail stuff to them. They’ve already paid for it to make it free for you.

 

I know that my friends in Europe also said their tariffs are from random checks and that all the orders for Temu saved them. Too much volume to check a lot. I just hope the volume dropping spencifically from China doesn’t mean more customs checks now.

 

I just heard from a friend who bought doll stands from Ringdoll for $75. She got an online bill from DHL before delivery for $36!

My thoughts: I was told that EMS China had prepaid “taxes” that none of the express shipping allows. EMS stopped shipping from China so distributors switched to ship by ship with no “taxes” but slow. No idea what is meant by taxes. I think the ships end up delivering to the warehouses that I’ve seen for all the cheap Chinese goods that are repackaged. So the distributors see this as the answer. But of course this is all conjecture.

 

Just an update, I had my lace arrive yesterday that I prepaid tariffs on and did not receive an additional bill. So it seems that if you prepay the percentage, you will not get hit with the $100 as well. Of course, this was just my experience, but I hope it rings true for everyone who orders small items.

 

Just a note: I received a package from SWITCH earlier last week. It was marked as $100 in value. I don't remember them marking things at low prices for custom forms in the past but the package was actually around $600. It was not opened by custom and cleared with no problem.

I was NOT sure if de minimis was ONLY removed from China and Hong Kong because for some reason when I researched earlier this month it did not say that it was still in place for other countries (minus China and Hong Kong) but now that I've received 3 packages all shipped AFTER May 2nd (1 USPS from South Korea, 1 UPS from Europe, 1 USPS from Taiwan; all under $800 in value, all not opened by customs, no items were made in China or Hong Kong) and also by reading other collectors discussions on various forums, it seems it's still in place at the moment so if your package is under $800 and the item's COO is NOT China or Hong Kong, you are ok.

There is one thing I am confused about though, what if it's a gift? I don't mean purchases from overseas and have the merchants mark the package as gift (most of them will NOT do it) but personal packages from overseas? We still need to pay tariffs for that? I believe we do, right?

Google says:

• A "de minimis" exemption exists for goods under $800, but it doesn't apply to goods from China and Hong Kong as of May 2, 2025.
• Gifts valued at $100 or less can be sent duty-free to individuals in the U.S., provided the recipient doesn't receive more than $100 in gifts per day.
• The duty-free limit for gifts from insular possessions is $200.
• Multiple gifts can be shipped together if individually wrapped and labeled.
• etc etc etc

Postage is so expensive now it's not possible to send packages overseas and not spend more than $100 on postage for larger packages. And since the postage is expensive, it is NOT worth it to not pack as much as you can and ship in bulk even for gifts? Why would you want to ship items under $100 and still have to pay more than $100 on postage?

It seems DHL is the worst when it comes to collecting tariffs right now. People's been hit with ridiculous amounts even if the item's COO is NOT China or Hong Kong.

And shipping by ocean freight to avoid customs? Why would that NOT have tariffs enforced? They have to go through customs too. For example import cars are delivered by sea freight and they still have to pay tariffs. Port containers have greatly decreased in volume as we speak. I don't see how changing to sea freight would avoid tariffs.

 

Today I randomly got the doll body I mentioned before despite the tracking not updating. I was not billed at any point, and I don't know if it's a coincidence it suddenly moved after the 90 day suspension went into effect. But for now I'm just glad I wasn't charged anything. It does have Hong Kong as the country of origin, just for info sake. They also seem to have written "wallet" as the contents?? But I mean it's such a long box that wouldn't that be more sus? In any case, it doesn't even look like they inspected the box, but who knows.

I'll see what happens with the other orders I have

 

Alice's has shipped my blank Ghost Moth in regular white as of yesterday via a carrier called SF International. Everything crossed for no crazy tariffs and her safe arrival!!

from the SF website:

Ship Internationally with SF

SF provides comprehensive international shipment services, allowing customers to send their packages and documents across borders with ease.

Fingers crossed for that!

 

So I want to buy a new head from Rainman in South Korea. A preorder. He is unwilling to lower the value. The head is about $200. He can send as a gift if I choose with no tracking or insurance however the value is above $100. Any suggestions about what I should ask for?