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tracerbulletx | 17 days ago

I bought some 30 dollar beer glasses from Belgium. Got a 60 dollar tariff bill from FedEx after the fact. Edit: apparently fedex fees were most of this?

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Alupis|17 days ago

FedEx has always charged a brokerage fee, that is and has always been ridiculous. The brokerage fee in some cases exceeds the actual taxes and duties.

That is to say there is no 200% tariff on cups.

[1] - https://www.fedex.com/en-us/ancillary-clearance-service.html

mindslight|17 days ago

Sure, Fedex/UPS's brokerage fees are legendary for small shipments. The problem is better stated as the removal of the de minimis threshold.

So in this case an American is still paying for the misguided close-the-barn-door-after-the-horse-ran-out policy, just with most going directly to the corporate interests that helped install this corrupt administration.

(but the joke is on them - Aliexpress Choice doesn't charge brokerage fees)

tracerbulletx|17 days ago

That makes sense, I didn't even really consider it would be fedex charging me that much.