The delivery carriers have become very opportunistic with their processing fees and I imagine the elimination of the $800 de minimis exemption has resulted in a windfall for them since now virtually every shipment from outside the U.S. is subject to a tariff and thence their processing fees.
At the same time it’s crushing many small businesses who rely on imported products as well as hobbyists like us who can no longer afford to buy certain items like Nixie tubes, etc from outside the U.S. Only three more years to go… 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. It’s
nice to support a place like that once in a while
;-)
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