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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8172964, member: 104741&quot;]I&#039;ve had similar experiences with DHL (and, to a lesser extent, FE). Regardless of the nature of the shipment, they charge a standard 25% import duty plus an extra &#039;service fee&#039; (literally: &#039;lending fee&#039;) to the tune of 18 Euro. They&#039;ve been doing this since, well, forever. Fortunately, coins as collectibles are exempt from all import duties in Norway. So the import duties are easy to disprove. And, since DHL in Norway carelessly disguise their extortion, sorry, fees, not as a &#039;service fee&#039; but as a &#039;lending fee&#039;, then, once you&#039;ve proved that there are no import duties due they can&#039;t legally charge a lending fee either.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So far this has worked. But I haven&#039;t received any shipments in &#039;22 yet, so I&#039;m keeping my fingers crossed.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the option of clearing a parcel yourself and bypassing DHL, as mentioned in the CBC article: this works in theory only. Why? Well, if you choose to clear a shipment yourself, which is your legal right, then the parcel will be held by DHL until the paperwork is in order. And this gives them the opportunity to jump in with yet another ingenious invention, called, wait for it...: the &#039;storage fee&#039;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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