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IGotShit76 · March 2009

Received it like one hour ago in France and had to pay 49.55 fucking € ...

abs · March 2009

Today I received:

- 2009 Pearl Jam Crashious Stickman Hoodie. Had to pay 20,29 euro extra.

- Pearl Jam Super Deluxe boxset. Had to pay 19,50 euro extra.

On 1 day 40 euro extra to the mailman

dave grolsch · March 2009

Can someone explain what the "expedited" part of my ups email tracking thingy means please and ta in advance.

Kinsey · March 2009

I just rang my brother, who received the package this morning at my family home (Dublin). He paid E45 on delivery. That makes a total of 250 US dollars, or 185 Euro. I'm furious to be honest. It has cost 80 euro for shipping the thing. I don't usually post here, just read posts and keep up that way. I don't recall ever seeing in 10c announcements or even anyone's posts that the shipping would be this outrageous.

Crane · March 2009

Im pretty livid. The smug look the UPS guy had as well when he didnt have the proper change annoyed me even more! Im going to see what I can do cause as far as Im concerned I already paid my shipping costs and a hefty cost at that

pdalowsky · March 2009

dunkman wrote:

Irish Al wrote:

My bro just got his and guess what...€45...I feared this would happen. In a recession people govts get much tighter on shit like this...its a load of balls :x

fuck me thats bad...

a pay only forum, huge shipping fees, supporting comic drawing blokes... the hits just keep coming. :(

nail on the head.......agree with it all and I fucking love this band.....

strummers · March 2009

dave grolsch wrote:

Crane wrote:

Have to pay another €45 when the deluxe arrived? The UPS guy just came and gave me the bill. I just wanted the package I gave it to him. He didnt have the right change and just said "that's all I have". It's really put a dampner on the whole thing.......till I listen to it. Just wondering if any of my fellow Irish or European friends had to pay extra fees?

AWWWWthats bullshit my friend,why so much? yeah i,m expecting to pay 10-15 quid VAT but after what us euro,s paid for shipping surely covers that side of it?
10c put the value of it at 100 usd i,ve read so 15% on that is nowhere near 45euro,am i missing something :roll: ,where is strummers she might know more

Yeah there was a rumour that as it was 'expidited' the 'handling fee' would be paid for you, but it seems that's not the case. People in Uk are paying about an extra £30-£35 and some people in Europe up to an extra 96 Euros - not good!

strummers · March 2009

Just pointing something else out. US shipping was free when pre-ordered before 1st March. International was $50. Looking now international is still $50, and US is $15. If 10c were subsidising US shipping before1st March, but couldn't justify the cost of subsidising International shipping, couldn't they have still knocked off the difference ($15) up to 1st March making everyone have a similar discount, Making International shipping $35?

Just a thought....

strummers · March 2009

CR65191 wrote:

Refuse the package, UPS returns to sender and 10c give me my money back!
No way I'm gonna pay those fees UPS paid without my consent.

Then you lose out on the $50 shipping anyway, and would they definitely return it to 10c resulting in you getting a refund?? I'm not so sure.

strummers · March 2009

surfanddestroy wrote:

I have just been on the phone to UPS, and they told me how the charges are added.
£11 for admin fee.
£21.25 for VAT.

When I asked how VAT can be that much on an item only worth $100 so it should be $15 I was told that because 10c didn't state how much we paid for shipping customs make the amount up and have figured it out to be £64!!!

I have asked for them to send me a claim for so I can prove to them that that is not the case and can get some of the money refunded.

I was also told that 10c new how much we would be charged as they are informed when sorting the shipping out and by rights they should have had to made us aware of this but they chose not to.

How the hell do you end up paying customs on shipping charges?? Surely you should only have to pay for goods!?! And presuming it would cost £64 is just plain ridiculous on the part of customs! In proving you paid less for shipping, you're also going to prove you paid more for the actual box set too......

surfanddestroy · March 2009

strummers wrote:

surfanddestroy wrote:

I have just been on the phone to UPS, and they told me how the charges are added.
£11 for admin fee.
£21.25 for VAT.

When I asked how VAT can be that much on an item only worth $100 so it should be $15 I was told that because 10c didn't state how much we paid for shipping customs make the amount up and have figured it out to be £64!!!

I have asked for them to send me a claim for so I can prove to them that that is not the case and can get some of the money refunded.

I was also told that 10c new how much we would be charged as they are informed when sorting the shipping out and by rights they should have had to made us aware of this but they chose not to.

How the hell do you end up paying customs on shipping charges?? Surely you should only have to pay for goods!?!

Yeah that's what I asked customs when I rang them and they said they calculate the VAT on the cost of the goods plus the shipping!!!!!!

CR65191 · March 2009

strummers wrote:

CR65191 wrote:

Refuse the package, UPS returns to sender and 10c give me my money back!
No way I'm gonna pay those fees UPS paid without my consent.

Then you lose out on the $50 shipping anyway, and would they definitely return it to 10c resulting in you getting a refund?? I'm not so sure.

I really don't know if it is possible and how the 10c will react.
This really pisses me off. Why did not send it the way they used to? Why choose UPS without letting us know?
If I end up paying the fees, I expect a clear statement from the 10c and some kind of compensation.

strummers · March 2009

surfanddestroy wrote:

strummers wrote:

surfanddestroy wrote:

I have just been on the phone to UPS, and they told me how the charges are added.
£11 for admin fee.
£21.25 for VAT.

When I asked how VAT can be that much on an item only worth $100 so it should be $15 I was told that because 10c didn't state how much we paid for shipping customs make the amount up and have figured it out to be £64!!!

I have asked for them to send me a claim for so I can prove to them that that is not the case and can get some of the money refunded.

I was also told that 10c new how much we would be charged as they are informed when sorting the shipping out and by rights they should have had to made us aware of this but they chose not to.

How the hell do you end up paying customs on shipping charges?? Surely you should only have to pay for goods!?!

Yeah that's what I asked customs when I rang them and they said they calculate the VAT on the cost of the goods plus the shipping!!!!!!

That is complete bollocks, any way to make a few extra quid I suppose. Robbing b'stards!

Daniel Biskan · March 2009

by dave grolsch » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:09 am

Can someone explain what the "expedited" part of my ups email tracking thingy means please and ta in advance.

it´s the cheapest way to ship with UPS. It means it will arrive in 4 to 8 working days...

simmo · March 2009

yeah its true,as i was reading this the door went.UPS man with the holy grail & wanting £30,luckily i had it.feel ripped off though.

PT307711 · March 2009

Well, Mine has just arrived at work in Leeds and the UPS guy was erm quite funny to be honest - "Hiya I'm your local UPS rip-off man" - lol ... 10c had marked on front the Value of 100.00 and he explained that if they hadnt have done this and just marked nil / gift there would have been NO CHARGES! However the guy walks away with £30.13 (£11 Brokerage Surcharge [Admin costs] and 19.13 for Freight Import).

I don't think i can get away with opening it in here and playing Redux on CD or Unplugged! so i'll have to wait till i get home and then .................. Let the games begin!

silvo · March 2009

Yep, same here, £31 extra. Already paid more than the £99 that I could of got it for but went with it for the chance of getting a signed one.........how naive, should have known they'd only sign like 10!!!! And then having read the other threads it seems the signed ones have been held back, therefore there is not even the excitement/anticipation of that!

I doubt ten club will do anything about compensating this, although maybe they could offer us our next years membership for free...........or send us all an autographed holiday single!!!

As said before, it is really going to make me think about ordering direct from 10C again. The shipping is pretty OTT on everything as it is before this, coupled with everything else PJ that I have to buy saving on shipping to this extent would have been a big help! :evil:

dunkman · March 2009

PT307711 wrote:

Well, Mine has just arrived at work in Leeds and the UPS guy was erm quite funny to be honest - "Hiya I'm your local UPS rip-off man" - lol ... 10c had marked on front the Value of 100.00 and he explained that if they hadnt have done this and just marked nil / gift there would have been NO CHARGES! However the guy walks away with £30.13 (£11 Brokerage Surcharge [Admin costs] and 19.13 for Freight Import).

I don't think i can get away with opening it in here and playing Redux on CD or Unplugged! so i'll have to wait till i get home and then .................. Let the games begin!

I would have given him the £30.13.. then punched him in the face and say "for that punch you owe me £30.13"

thats how proper business works i believe.

CR65191 · March 2009

I demand free ticket for next european tour

Pegasus · March 2009

If I haven't made 10 different posts in 10 different threads (between here, RM and facebook)telling people in Europe that they'd likely end up with custom charges on top of the extra postage :roll:
As soon as the UK prices were announced I even told the Ozies to buy here (they don't pay import tax but shipping was cheaper).

And the custom tax is based on declared value PLUS postage. (don't blame 10c or UPS for that, that's the LAW)
So $150 if 10c declared $100 (there's no way they could get away with underdeclaring it under the allowance, which is $30 at best depending the exchange rate taken, considering the size. It would have only raised suspicions and triggered delays when customs opened stuff to check, request invoices, plus possible fines. plus it's illegal..Amazon got trashed in the early days of DVDs for doing it).
To the guys that said that UPS estimated the postage at £60, you could argue back with the invoice, but since 10c underdeclared the value anyway, it'd end up the same (VAT on $190).

I'm waiting to receive, probably tomorrow, my HMV UK ordered one: £99.99 (ie $144..not even out of my bank account yet) delivered

I'm sure it'll sound just as good.

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