Fed ex charging me money

bris

It's customs charges, your friend declared a value and now you must pay.

maninthestreet

£17.53 vat for item with a declared value of only £20???

prowla

The customs value is the stated value of the item plus the shipping, and on top of that is the courier's handling fee (for paying the duty on your behalf and for billing you for it).

It is a bit of a choker for a card and a photo, but the issue was that the sender put a value on it.

I'm afraid it is all up-front and covered by the T&Cs.

(I once bought a DVD from the US to save some money and ended up paid significantly more than if I'd bought it in the UK.)

visidigi

battleborn wrote: »

The sender should have.

Ask the sender to pay it.

Thats a fair call, ultimately the sender is liable for all charges, even if the recipient is marked to pay it. If the recipient refuses to pay it FedEx will attempt to recoup from the shipper.

Hintza wrote: »

Don't be silly.

It's not silly, see above, FedEx terms and conditions cover this.

bris wrote: »

It's customs charges, your friend declared a value and now you must pay.

Not entirely true, see above.

The value declared is added to the transit cost when there's chargeable tax, just like Prowla advised.

AnnieO1234

If you've never dealt with FedEx before give them the facts and refuse to pay it. They usually will waive it if you shout loud enough xxx

visidigi

Shouting is not recommended, and whilst they will 'waive' it for you, they most certainly will charge the shipper instead.

Coopdivi

Furkan unbelievable.

$30 converts to £19.83 according to this site:

http://www2.moneycorp.com/tools/currency_converter/sharedConverterIndex.cfm

The VAT on that is £3.97 which, added to the £10.50 administration charge, comes to £14.57.

visidigi

Coopdivi wrote: »

Furkan unbelievable.

$30 converts to £19.83 according to this site:

http://www2.moneycorp.com/tools/currency_converter/sharedConverterIndex.cfm

The VAT on that is £3.97 which, added to the £10.50 administration charge, comes to £14.57.

Read the thread. When tax is charged they include the cost of shipping too.

zenmaster

visidigi wrote: »

Thats a fair call, ultimately the sender is liable for all charges, even if the recipient is marked to pay it. If the recipient refuses to pay it FedEx will attempt to recoup from the shipper.

Not so. The importer is liable for the charges.

If they wish to defer charges to the exporter then this must be arranged between themselves and HMRC beforehand.

unholyangel

You might also find that they've taken the value of $30 as £30. I've had it happen a few times before. Was under the limit in £ but because they'd written it in $....I was charged.

Was also one instance I bought goods heavily discounted, muppet retailers put RRP on the parcel instead of price paid - resulting in charges that were more than the item cost.