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Duties fee on shipping? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I bought some hockey sticks recently. Free shipping over $300. UPS made me pay $50 on delivery for "Duties or taxes are due on this package." The seller did not list the potential expenses outside of what was paid, and said they have no control over this.

Has anyone else run into this (with anything)?

I have never paid duties as a direct fee for anything not purchased in an airport. Shipping was Canada to U.S.

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Well, what do the duty declaration and duty tracking sticker say?

At least over here there ought to be one that tells you what the seller declared the goods and their value as, and another that tells you either the specifics of the duty fee calculated, or one with a large (over here) letter+number combination that tells you which standard category this falls under (usually for duty free packages).

50 on 300 is is ~17%, so that's a pretty normal duty depending on the goods and which country they originate from.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

No sticker. No receipt included in the box. I've ordered sticks from the company before... Although those might have come from China. I have no idea. Seems like they should list that on the site though..