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Originally Posted by jersysman
Have you bought that to the attention of Amazon? Since they like to price match anything I wonder would that be willing to do that with shipping fees as well. Or else, use the same trans shippers that you use.
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I didn't bring it to Amazon's attention since I also buy a lot of US only items and then I need the transshippers anyway. I also am a US prime membership so the shipping part inside the US is free. Also I suspect Amazon is either pocketing the tax and customs fees or they just pay every time to save on handling. Either way, it stinks for us customers. For non-commercial shipments below $500-800 we never pay any import tax and VAT. And I didn't even mention the worst case I have encountered. A very bulky shipment, but value was less than $250.-. The only shipping option Amazon offered was US$ 450.- (including about 5% import tax and 5% VAT). That is when I got the prime membership, had the items sent to the transshipper for free, and on to my home for about $82.-, all included. Still received the goods in less than 2 weeks. The savings in this case alone paid for quite a few years of prime membership.