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I've been buying online for years too (over 20). Lived in Canada all my life, and 95% of the stuff I buy online comes from the States. And this is the very first time I've been hit with customs charges. If it's just "part of living in Canada", then I would think I would have experienced them by now.
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Misfit Momma
I've been selling and buying online for years. This is just part of living in Canada, folks.
Taxes are the buyers responsibility, unless the seller chooses to pay them.
What Fed Ex says is that the shipper is liable, not ... more
Taxes are the buyers responsibility, unless the seller chooses to pay them.
What Fed Ex says is that the shipper is liable, not ... more
I've been selling and buying online for years. This is just part of living in Canada, folks.
Taxes are the buyers responsibility, unless the seller chooses to pay them.
What Fed Ex says is that the shipper is liable, not responsible.
Quoted from their site:
As per the contract of carriage with FedEx®, the shipper is ultimately liable for any duties and taxes assessed on the shipment. If the recipient refuses the package or the recipient or third party FedEx account holder refuses to pay for duties and taxes, the original shipper will be billed for duties and taxes.
And another quote from their site:
Responsible Party:
Duties and taxes on international shipments will be billed automatically to the recipient, unless the shipper requests that FedEx bill the shipper or a third party. When completing the FedEx International air waybill or FedEx Expanded Service International air waybill, you can select the shipper, the recipient or a third party as the party responsible for payment.
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As I said, Eden is being great with helping us out right now because several packages came through with inflated fees added to them. What you need to check to see if you were overcharged is the taxable value on the customs slip. If that value is the correct amount for what you bought, the fees you are being given are just taxes. (review products still have a value and do not count as free when it comes to customs) less
Taxes are the buyers responsibility, unless the seller chooses to pay them.
What Fed Ex says is that the shipper is liable, not responsible.
Quoted from their site:
As per the contract of carriage with FedEx®, the shipper is ultimately liable for any duties and taxes assessed on the shipment. If the recipient refuses the package or the recipient or third party FedEx account holder refuses to pay for duties and taxes, the original shipper will be billed for duties and taxes.
And another quote from their site:
Responsible Party:
Duties and taxes on international shipments will be billed automatically to the recipient, unless the shipper requests that FedEx bill the shipper or a third party. When completing the FedEx International air waybill or FedEx Expanded Service International air waybill, you can select the shipper, the recipient or a third party as the party responsible for payment.
link
As I said, Eden is being great with helping us out right now because several packages came through with inflated fees added to them. What you need to check to see if you were overcharged is the taxable value on the customs slip. If that value is the correct amount for what you bought, the fees you are being given are just taxes. (review products still have a value and do not count as free when it comes to customs) less
I know customs charges are part of life (or can be) when you're buying stuff from out of the country, but it almost seems like they're applied selectively. Like, why in the hell have I never been charged before, and now all of a sudden I am? Now, in the meantime, I watched the tracking information on UPS.com and I noticed a couple of pieces of information that I've never seen before:
November 22: Registered with clearing agency / Shipment submitted to clearing agency
November 23: Package data processed by brokerage Waiting for clearance / Receiver's customs broker has been assigned The shipment is now released to move in transit
Like I said, I've been ordering stuff from the US online for years, and have never seen that piece of information in the tracking data. So maybe I was just unlucky this time and my package got picked for further investigation? I have no idea.
All I know is that I'm slightly less than thrilled with UPS right now, and I definitely hope that EF finds some way to clear this up for everyone.