11-07-2019, 11:35 AM
(11-07-2019, 11:02 AM)Kochise Wrote: "DHL handling fee", you mean the thing that is processed automatically ? They are asking $30-$50 for this ? Again, racketeering ?
In the UK the Royal Mail usually handle incoming parcels and any Import, or more often VAT, charge required incurs a minimum £8 handling fee on top of the charge.
Which might be cheap enough until you buy something for, say £20, from China/US/wherever.
You get a £4 VAT charge (20%) plus the £8 handling fee which now bumps the original price from £20 to £32 - not so cheap.
On this $200 computer the VAT would be typically $40 or rough equivalent and DHL add something like a 25% handling fee for that part.
On the visible part of my delivery paperwork showing on the parcel the biggest boldest number was $239 (Pinebook inc DHL delivery fee) - I wonder if the import/VAT was based on that figure and not the items true cost of $200?
It might be a racket but Customs is the bigger money-grabber