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unaware import fees?!

ryan77 · 2012-11-28 06:03:17

I purchased a tablet from a US seller for $158, on requesting how much it would cost to ship to canada, the seller replied that it would be $21(via ups) of which i payed both costs together via paypal. Today i get a note from ups(wasn't at home at time of delivery) stating that i have to pay $63 in import costs! Is there…

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custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite

29 November 2012 at 6:00PM

punkpink wrote: »

No not at all, i was just saying that they charge a 'handling' fee but theyre already 'handling' your package anyway! Seems like madness, but im very happy to pay it. Maybe they should call it a clearance charge or something, just to separate the two.

handling a package doesn't administrate and pay HMRC

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