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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2814505, member: 88829&quot;]Well, this has been a real learning experience.&nbsp; I sent a message to the auction house asking for help getting the package out of FedEx hands.&nbsp; This morning I found a note that they had called FedEx to set the record straight.&nbsp; Turns out the &quot;bad paperwork&quot; was the fault of FedEx employees not looking at both sides of an invoice.&nbsp; Quick as a wink I got a tracking notice that the package had been delivered to my mailbox.&nbsp; I retrieved it this morning.&nbsp; (The package had been in Memphis, but the agent assigned to process it was in Tonawanda, New York.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The learning didn&#039;t stop there.&nbsp; While all that was happening, another FedEx shipment from another auction house taught me another lesson.&nbsp;&nbsp; I just learned that if a package has a value of over $2000, then FedEx investigates it for Customs fees, and charges a fee of $25 for that service even though there is no Customs fee for ancient coins in the US.&nbsp; Moreover, FedEx charges an additional $7 for advancing that fee for the recipient to keep the package moving.&nbsp; So they billed me $32 for &quot;getting the package through Customs on my behalf&quot; even though they knew from the invoice it was duty free.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose I should be grateful I got it at all.&nbsp; But in fact I resent the incompetence that created the delay and picks my pocket as well.&nbsp; And as a wise man once observed, &quot;There ain&#039;t thing one you can do about it.&quot;&nbsp; [Thank goodness the coins are nice to look at!!!][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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