Basically this is where the seller pays the customs fees in advance. Does anyone have any experience with this? I heard it was a good way to avoid their outrageous, unregulated "brokerage" fees.
2006-07-27 15:04:31 · 3 answers · asked by GG 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
According to the UPS website:
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/news/whatsnew.html?WT.svl=BnrMsg
"Free Domicile Surcharge" has been renamed "Duties and Tax Forwarding Surcharge." Anytime shipment duties and taxes are paid outside of the receiving country, the surcharge will apply.
In other words, even if the seller pays the duties beforehand, there is STILL a surcharge because you are exporting. Maybe it is lower than their brokerage fees, but it is still an additional fee nonetheless.
One way to avoid brokerage fees, if you aren't too far from the border is have UPS ship the package to the nearest US depot to you. You cross the border to pick it up and clear it through customs yourself. Brokerage fees are just for filling out customs paperwork which really isn't that much at all. There are also businesses out there that allow you to rent a US address so you have stuff shipped there and then you go there and pick it up yourself. I'm not talking about a post office box either (since many sellers do not ship to p.o. boxes).
2006-07-27 16:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Mysterio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free Domicile
2016-10-01 09:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by geftos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is YES, part of the UPS new "dealer" operations. They are buying up pak and ship operations plus giving the other "dealers" prices off the charts, you may as well go FedEX.
2006-07-27 15:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by The Advocate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋