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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8554460, member: 26430&quot;]<b>EDIT [as above]</b>: I wish to add that I should&#039;ve toned all this down, and could&#039;ve tried to understand their perspective &amp; been less accusatory. I think I was being a bit unfair and can see alternative interpretations.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;m mistaken, I apologize, but your original account seems quite clear, you received:</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;a message from FedEx requiring $28 to clear “customs and taxes” prior to delivery.. basically a ransom fee. ...They don’t know how to ship to avoid these fees. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>In your words, as best I can tell, you wanted Savoca to ship in a way to avoid &quot;customs and taxes.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s actually a very frequent complaint (and request people make of sellers). Lots of people want sellers to package items in such a way as to not have to pay &quot;customs and taxes.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Typically that means not declaring the contents or their value or labeling a gift or documents or whatever. (How else are they supposed &quot;to ship to avoid customs and taxes&quot;?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[Edit: I overlooked the Canada part.] I don&#039;t know if you&#039;re in Canada or Mexico where there rules may be different, but I&#039;ve had to pay import duties to the U.S. a few times. I forget the exact rules, they either apply only to gold or to any coins over a certain price. Below a certain threshold you pay nothing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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