on our very recent shipments of MNT laptops to the US, i can see that a number of people had to pay "government charges" via UPS before delivery. there is no transparency on these charges, we can only see the dollar amount. the amount is never the expected 15% (EU->US agreement), but usually around 25%, in some cases more. even taking sales taxes into account it doesn't add up. so far no one can explain to us how the charges are calculated or how to appeal. this is beyond frustrating. any ideas?
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@mntmn It's called "stealing".
@mntmn The carriers (including the US Postal Service) charge additional "brokerage fees" for collecting the tariff. I don't think there is any way to appeal.
I recommend not selling anything into the USA, nor buying anything from the USA.
I'm speaking as a US citizen. The only way to fight this stupidity is to make US citizens so angry that we demand an end to these tariffs, and reinstatement of the de minimis exemption, and then vote Cheeto Benito out of office
I recommend not selling anything into the USA, nor buying anything from the USA.
I'm speaking as a US citizen. The only way to fight this stupidity is to make US citizens so angry that we demand an end to these tariffs, and reinstatement of the de minimis exemption, and then vote Cheeto Benito out of office
@brouhaha the brokerage fee is displayed separately as $15-$30. that's not it
we'll look into UPS global checkout API to see if we can pre "land" the costs, it will take a little while to implement though https://docs.globalcheckout.ups.com/ups-global-checkout/landed-cost/calculate-landed-cost
(my key accounter at UPS in germany can also not explain it nor access the invoices)
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