I bought a $300 lens from Germany and US Customs billed me about $20 in
fees. The bill came about three months after I received the item. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Moose
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:40 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: My Name is Joe. I am a zukoholic
gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Hi Moose:
>
>Having bought a lot of US stuff, UPS are the worst, Fed ex charge too, USPS
>is good. I didn't know that there was a stateside issue, I thought it was
at
>my end.
>
Never been one on my end, but I was replying to someone in Union County,
New Jersey posting about unreasonable fees on a shipment from Canada, or
so I thought. I have bought stuff from a number of countries around the
world and never been charged anything for customs, handling, etc.
Moose
>
>Gord
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>>That's crazy. I've bought lots of used stuff from Canada. The sellers
>>used regular Canadian Post Office and I've never had any charges, it
>>just arrives in the US Mail. I don't remember details, but there is an
>>international service that gets things here in a few days for a
>>reasonable price.
>>
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