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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zenlib, post: 8070278, member: 108903&quot;]This thread so far has been disconcerting and confusing to me.&nbsp; As far as I know, numismatic items are not subject to a US customs tariff.&nbsp; Now, there might be a few unique categories which we would consider numismatic but have some sort of special tax (as I am no expert).</p><p>In the past seven years I have been charged a customs fee twice.&nbsp; The first time was through DHL (probably from the UK) and it was small enough that it wasn&#039;t worth the trouble to fight it.&nbsp; The second was just recently through UPS (from Canada).&nbsp; Essentially, the driver was not allowed to release the package to me until I paid the extortion (oops, I just showed my hand).&nbsp; In this case, even after talking to reps over the phone and being promised a call back several times which never happened, I did pay it but resolved to follow up and try to get it refunded and to complain with great vigor.&nbsp; Unfortunately, my plate got full with other stuff and I kept putting it off.</p><p>My hypothesis is somebody doesn&#039;t know the tariff rates (0% in this case), applies one and then the company &amp;/or customs just decides to take advantage of the situation.&nbsp; I am more than glad to listen to another viewpoint.</p><p>As far as bank fees and conversion rates are concerned, I don&#039;t have a gripe with them.&nbsp; I simply try to avoid them (which is difficult) and put them down to the cost of the hobby.&nbsp; Businesses charge for their services &#039;cause don&#039;t we all want to get paid for our work?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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