On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM, <rentwist@...> wrote:
It’s not just FedEx, I had a similar experience with UPS recently (was not a QRP-Labs order). The UPS fees were more than the tariffs and in total amounted to 24% of the order total. ?Sucks.
Trouble with these measures is that it not only about the tariff, it is also about the extra work involved, with all the forms to fill it takes easily somebody 10 to 15 minutes to process it, plus they charge taxes plus overheard plus their margin.... Similarly, I got bitten after Brexit and paid more handling fees than taxes on a kit I bought in the UK. There was a movement against red tap in the 90s but it just got reversed about 10 years ago. It isn't just the US, all populists around the world do the same. The irony is that the very same people were whingeing about red tape, we live in a bizarre world.
