UPS Delivery Charges (EU Import charges)

smashinglynaive

sheramber said:

A retailer abroad , selling to the UK, has to register with HMRC so that they can charge VAT on goods up to the value of £135( including postage) and remit it to  .HMRC

For goods over that value the importer ( buyer) is responsible for paying any  VAT and import duty due.

Unless you arrange to clear the goods through customs yourself, then the courier will clear them, pay what is due- as determined by HMRC- .and bill the buyer along with their handling fee.

Once the debt passes to a debt collection agency they will add all costs they incur in chasing the payment. it is not  a handling fee. it is a fee to cover their costs which  will escalate with each request for payment.

No, they don't. And therein lies the problem.

Our government (and the EU too) seems to think we can pass laws that place obligations on entities who are under no obligation to follow our laws.  We don't have that ability, and as many are quickly figuring out, any chance of enforcing these laws.