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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 8555221, member: 31620&quot;]This sort of scenario is typical through many sales venues and is not restricted to this seller, not even restricted to coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some sellers quote you the shipping fees, which covers the cost of shipping. They place a customs declaration on the package and then this is inspected by customs at the destination country. If the customs officer examines the declaration and deems a fee is due they tell the shipping company to charge you and then pay the duty that they have recovered from you. The shipping company often adds an administration fee to the duty as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the cost of the item is relatively small then it is things like the handling fees that make the overall cost seem prohibitive. There is the facility for the seller in most countries to charge you the duty and to ship the coin with the duty paid but this inevitably increases the base shipping cost but avoid the handling fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at buying a coin from a dealer in the USA for $75 and I am in the UK. The cost of postage is $21, the cost of the import charges come in at an additional $24. This makes the total cost of shipping as $45 for a $75 coin. This is all clear and declared up front and so I moved on to look for a different coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly I will not be buying from the USA for quite some time given the current shift in the exchange rates but that is another conversation. The shift in exchange rates over the last couple of months combined with the above would have changed a coin with a price of $75 (about £56 about 6 weeks ago) to $110 including shipping (£82 about 6 weeks ago) would be £103 today....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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