I have bought a few things from China - none of which had a special charge - the only draw back is somethings take weeks to ship. :)

I am in the UK and have bought from Chinese sites on eBay. Spendlove does too. If I buy from the States then there is import duty if I order over a set amount. Each country has different taxes etc. I have only spent small amounts from abroad and haven't paid duty but a friend bought a huge amount of thread and paid duty. If you look on google or similar I expect you will find out more

I have bought buttons, charms and lace from China on ebay There is no extra fee, I try to use the sites that have free shipping, you will have your stuff in 5 or 6 weeks.

I am in Australia. We get the same note but have never had extra charges. I bought Kam Snaps and they are very good

I have also ordered from China and never had additional charges.. .. i think you will be fine..

I have also ordered from china off ebay- assorted beads, jewelry, watches, buttons and cabinet door pulls, We have never had additional shipping charges. I have had some of the bead packages opened and resealed to verify they were the items listed and even once had a call about the cabinet pulls asking my husband what was the package contents- and how they were generally packaged and what they were made of etc. We have had following cabinet door pull shipments from the same supplier without any issues and no extra custom charges either. They still arrived quickly- much faster than the company had stated. Usually a week to 10 days with only the one bead shipper where it was close to a month, but still within their estimated time to arrive. Hope you are as happy with your order as we have been with ours.

I just ordered something from Amazon that came direct from China. There were no additional charges.

My only issue with ordering direct from China is the time it takes to get here.

I order things over Ebay from China every now and then. Most of it has been under 20USD and I have not paid any customs or other fees.

Hi, I ordered by Kam snaps set from China off of ebay , rhinestones and I just ordered a piping foot all with great savings to me , with no extra charges. I can't believe I never even had to pay mailing charges. Does it change from country to country this I don't know, I am in Canada.

Thanks, Cuties for all of your help...I did find a dealer in the USA with free shipping...500 sets, 10 different colors for under $15.00...after all said and done, I should have by November 2nd and the price was just about what I would have paid for them to come from China...