Originally Posted by
masi61
My sister would have to declare what the item shipped to me was. But "grey market" Shimano sales from Europe to the US were blocked by some commerce ruling or something several years ago. .
Buying and shipping a bike part isn't illegal. Since you have a $~700-800 customs threshold, a shifter isn't going to get any where close to what you'd need to pay a tax on, either. And even if it eclipsed that value, you'd just pay the tax. Still not illegal.