Yeah, you have to pay fee to clear customs. Standard in every country.
So…..
It’s a standard fee.
Doesn’t matter if you put a single cent into an envelope, or ship an elephant.
It’s your responsibilty to ensure that you’re ordering from people who will do the paperwork correctly so that all fees, taxes etc. are paid *before* the package is sent. Otherwise An Post will do the admin *afterwards*, and you get to pay the taxes *and* the admin fee.
They charged 1.06 not 1.05
It’s ridiculous that dopes keep posting about this
UPS and DPD would have rejected this parcel lol
Maybe just pick it up in person. That’ll show em!
Not recommending this but I just didn’t pay before and they sent it to me anyways after the due date. Granted this was only something worth a fiver off eBay so not sure if it made any difference
Immigrants have been talking about this ages – family send a birthday/Christmas gift and they have to pay serious cash to have them released from customs.
Don’t import from outside the single market then. The reason they charge is because they’re not receiving a cut of the customs duty, so it’s labour they deserve to be compensated for otherwise it’s the rest of us who’ll be paying it with increased postal costs.
If whoever you imported it from had handled the customs on their side you wouldn’t have the charge.
Stop ordering tiny items from outside the EU. 🤷♂️
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Yeah, you have to pay fee to clear customs. Standard in every country.
So…..
It’s a standard fee.
Doesn’t matter if you put a single cent into an envelope, or ship an elephant.
It’s your responsibilty to ensure that you’re ordering from people who will do the paperwork correctly so that all fees, taxes etc. are paid *before* the package is sent. Otherwise An Post will do the admin *afterwards*, and you get to pay the taxes *and* the admin fee.
They charged 1.06 not 1.05
It’s ridiculous that dopes keep posting about this
UPS and DPD would have rejected this parcel lol
Maybe just pick it up in person. That’ll show em!
Not recommending this but I just didn’t pay before and they sent it to me anyways after the due date. Granted this was only something worth a fiver off eBay so not sure if it made any difference
Immigrants have been talking about this ages – family send a birthday/Christmas gift and they have to pay serious cash to have them released from customs.
Don’t import from outside the single market then. The reason they charge is because they’re not receiving a cut of the customs duty, so it’s labour they deserve to be compensated for otherwise it’s the rest of us who’ll be paying it with increased postal costs.
If whoever you imported it from had handled the customs on their side you wouldn’t have the charge.
Stop ordering tiny items from outside the EU. 🤷♂️