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Originally Posted by Scrapper6

Yeah, so I paid someone in the states for some Kre-O items we haven't gotten up here yet. UPS totally hosed me.

See I paid a grand total of 170$ before shipping for six sets. Listed as three by the seller.

UPS took that 170$ total and somehow, either due to the seller's error or the error of UPS, listed each item separately as 170$, meaning they took the value and jacked it up to 510$ US. Naturally with currency conversion this made it over 600$ our currency.

The GST was a bit higher than it should have been because of this, naturally. I'm still not sure why the government charges individuals GST on importing items or why UPS treats everyone, including individuals as a company, which potentially leads to the damn GST charges as it stands.

But anyway, there was a brokerage fee as well, and that fee was applied to the 613$ and change that the currency converted to.

I just had to spend 130$ on top of the damn money I spent for the items and to ship them here. I should have insisted on using USPS with the seller, they don't have jacked up fees for importing to the states, just duties and taxes for passing through customs last I checked.

I'm not sure who to talk to about this, or where to go, there isn't much I can do at this point to argue the matter, aside from providing documented proof that the items total value was 170$ not 170$ for each individual item. I'm perfectly willing to accept whatever the government tells me I need to pay for having an item come across the boarder, but a brokerage fee doesn't strike me as something I should be paying, not to this large of an extent.

What should I do? I have no experience in dealings of this sort... Also would anyone happen to know what the hell EEI stands for on a UPS customs form?

I do not like this, I mean the dude was very accommodating, he bought these things for me and held on to them while I saved up the full amount to pay for them, and I don't want this brokerage fee and gst costs to detract from an otherwise decent seller, but I am certainly not in the mood to leave positive feedback just yet if ever.

Anyway, are there any insights into how to go about dealing with UPS's messy brokerage costs? Or am I just going to have to eat this damn cost, which really does not help with my current budget?

omg remind me never to by from you ever... come on the custom fees are not his fault... just shaking my had im disgust...