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Author:  BroncoSport [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:33 pm ]
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I received a letter today in the mail from FedEx. Appearently I now owe them $22 in import and/or customs fees. Very strange since I have never been charged custom duties when I receive a shipment from abroad and secondly that I received the "BILL" over two weeks since they delivered the watch!!

Just a heads up to the rest of us in the US. Your probably going to get a bill as well.
Author:  the_old_curmudgeon [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:16 pm ]
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That sounds about right, I always get hit when I buy a watch that is shipped from the EU. If you look more closely at the invoice you'll see that about $10 of that fee goes to FedEx for the processing fee, the rest is the actual customs duty. If I remember right there is no duty for watch parts with a declared value under $255 or so.

From memory UPS charges even more for their fee. :twisted:
Author:  dbniner [ Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:37 pm ]
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i got that same surprise!!!
Author:  Driver8 [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:20 am ]
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The same thing happens here in the UK when I buy from outside the EU and it gets shipped by Fed Ex. Always an irritating surprise. :?
Author:  aleister [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:08 am ]
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Not a surprise in Japan though, as I expected it. Luckily, VAT in Japan is 5% so the additional cost isn't that great. And, no extra charges from the FedEx partner. :)
Author:  Blingal [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:13 am ]
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You guys should consider yourselves lucky :lol: in Germany you get charged 25% on top of the purchase value of the watch for customs. On top of that there are importing fees and the courier fees, so far above the 20$..... :x
Author:  BoneDoc [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:09 am ]
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Same bill from FedEx here. Who the hell asked them to pay it for me???? I would do it myself without their stupid fee. :x
Author:  Roffensian [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:26 am ]
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I had to pay just over $100 to even get mine :evil:
Author:  cxbxax [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:59 am ]
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lol reading the title i thought we got more chocolate :oops: . fedex charged me $16.xx, $11.xx in vat and $5 for them fronting the fees for me :roll:
Author:  taffytoon [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:10 pm ]
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The chocolate was very nice Mmmmmm
Author:  eazy123 [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:21 pm ]
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Im just waiting for mine 25% VAT and charges by fedex!
Author:  Driver8 [ Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:41 am ]
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:lol: I think this is the first time in living memory that it's actually proved advantageous to live in the UK! :lol:
Author:  Shadow87 [ Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:30 pm ]
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Gonna pop into this one.

Received the same letter, for near amount, from FEDEX, 2 weeks after receiving a package.

It happen to me twice on 5 packages in Canada.
Author:  jfgardner4 [ Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:01 pm ]
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I have not received anything from Fed ex. guess I am lucky.
Author:  Tim S [ Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:38 pm ]
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Neither did I which I'm very please about, particularly as I collected mine in person in the end.
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