>Grabr largely skirts this conundrum by having the courier do the purchasing and packing. On the US customs declaration 6059B form[0], question 14 is: I have

>Grabr largely skirts this conundrum by having the courier do the purchasing and packing. On the US customs declaration 6059B form[0], question 14 is: I have commercial merchandise: (articles for sale, samples used for soliciting orders, or goods that are not considered personal effects) Truthfully answering yes means you waste an extra 15 to 60 minutes dealing with customs and paying import duties on whatever you're bring (personal exceptions doesn't apply for commercial goods). That's assuming you're a US resident. If you're a non-resident then you better plan on sleeping in the airport that night. Lie by answering no and 99.99% of the time you won't be caught. But 10 years down the road if the government ever have an axe to grind against you, they can just look up that confirmation email you got from Grabr and match it against the 6059B form you filled out and they got you on the hook for making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001)[1]. [0] http://www.immihelp.com/immigration/sample-us-customs-declaration-form-6059b.pdf http://www.immihelp.com/immigration/sample-us-customs-declar... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_false_statements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_false_statements