Yes, the 'processing fees' are ridiculous and need to be eliminated or curbed at say 10% of the tax amount.
On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM Instrument Resources of America < [email protected]> wrote: > My apology. For some reason I thought that you were in Canada, and what I > did state does apply. This whole tariff business gets very confusing, > complicated, and down right messy. For myself I have stopped buying any > and all items from outside the U.S. with the one exception of original U.S. > manufactured items being brought back into the U.S. in which case tariffs > are NOT due. Unless FedEx or UPS or DHL are the only shipper, then I will > usually also pass the item because of the 'processing fees' that they > charge. Again usually around $30.00 U.S. for processing the shipment, even > though there is no tariff being collected. > > Ira. > > > > On 12/2/2025 10:42 AM, Adrian Godwin wrote: > > The problem we have here in the UK is that if duty or VAT is payable, the > government wants the money but not the cost of collecting it, which would > probably be more than the fee. So they either want the originating shipper > to pay in advance, or have the receiving shipper pay it on behalf of the > addressee. > > For companies such as Aliexpress this works out OK They can just add it to > the shipping fee. But for individuals it often ends up with the receiving > shipper paying it and then adding the charge and a collection fee and > refusing to deliver until that's been paid. Some shippers want it in > advance, some will send an invoice after delivery, This causes what might > have been quite a small customs fee into a 3-4 times larger fee. > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM Instrument Resources of America < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The 'processing fees' I have heard are around $30.00 for both UPS and Fed >> Ex. U.S. Post Office fees are very small. Also, if you are shipping >> something back into the U.S. from Canada, and it was originally >> manufactured here in the U.S. there are no tariffs. The paperwork must be >> done correctly though. I had a very vintage piece of General Radio test >> equipment shipped back to me recently, no tariffs even though General Radio >> closed their doors some twenty four years ago. The shipper got it done >> correctly. Don't let anyone tell you other wise. >> >> Ira. >> >> >> >> On 11/30/2025 12:58 PM, Tom Katt wrote: >> >> >> >> On Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 7:40:27 PM UTC-5 wrote: >> >> Thanks for sharing the link for the EverSet kit. It does look like fun to >> play with. I just wonder what the 🍊 tariffs will do to the cost of >> shipping one into the U.S. With the “processing” fees charged by the >> carriers on top of the tariff itself, it could close to double the cost of >> the unit itself! >> >> >> OT quick - I purchased my kit from them in September and while it was >> initially delayed due to the whole Canadian postal debacle, the kit shipped >> quickly once services resumed and there was no additional fees or tariff >> charges. I paid $13.62 (Canadian) in shipping and the order totaled to $46 >> Canadian delivered. At current exchange rates, that works out to about $33 >> US. They seem really nice and the kits are very high quality - I believe >> they manufacture their boards locally in Canada. 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