FedEx rip-off!

[MADMAX-UK]

FedEx parcel arrives from USA - value, $32 - Lovely Jubbly and I'm more than happy with my new gift.

2 WEEKS later, FedEx letter arrives wanting:-
£3.98 for VAT - no problem, I gotta pay that
and
£10 Advancement fee (whatever that is)

I phoned them up and put on my posh voice (yes I do have one) and was told 'its a handling charge'.
HANDLING CHARGE!!!
"Did you have to do as much as £10 worth of handling"!!!

I mean it was the size of a shoe box weighing less than half a pound - how much 'handling' does that need!!!

£10 charge for a £20 parcel....... "there avinalarf!

There, rant over - boy I feel better.

Anyone else had this problem, before I draft a letter to my MP.

[fishboy]

yep fee just got rumbled with that the conning bastared!!
for a lap top bag ,come on that weighs fkall , handling charge my arse

[ViperDave]

yep been there, customs charges on shipping which was over valued, they were the shipping company FFS they knew how much it cost to ship. Incorrect duty rate applied due to wrong classification of contents. and to top it all off the handling fee they charged to screw it all up on my behalf without me asking them to. Will never use them if i can at all avoid it. If possible get it shipped USPS, on the few occasions it gets caught by customs they at least seem fair.

[viper kev]

Yep, me too, ebay buy from the USA, actual value of the goods, £20, but then robbed by Fed-Ex

[acrman]

Picked up your headers today Ade from Chatham docks with my VW camper. P.S. don't forget my £10 handling charge!

[Viper]

how many of them campers have you imported Clive, must be quite a few ?

[acrman]

More than 20 at a guess.

[MADMAX-UK]

acrman said:

Picked up your headers today Ade from Chatham docks with my VW camper. P.S. don't forget my £10 handling charge!

More Advancement Fees!!!

EXCELLENT!!!

Changing the subject, how was Snetterton?

[acrman]

Snetterton was awesome, great new track layout.

[fatboy18]

MADMAX-UK said:

FedEx parcel arrives from USA - value, $32 - Lovely Jubbly and I'm more than happy with my new gift.

2 WEEKS later, FedEx letter arrives wanting:-
£3.98 for VAT - no problem, I gotta pay that
and
£10 Advancement fee (whatever that is)

I phoned them up and put on my posh voice (yes I do have one) and was told 'its a handling charge'.
HANDLING CHARGE!!!
"Did you have to do as much as £10 worth of handling"!!!

I mean it was the size of a shoe box weighing less than half a pound - how much 'handling' does that need!!!

£10 charge for a £20 parcel....... "there avinalarf!

There, rant over - boy I feel better.

Anyone else had this problem, before I draft a letter to my MP.

Does that mean I owe you more money?

[Ginja]

Picture seems the wrong way round, shouldn't the ACR be in front of the Datsun?

[fatboy18]

Ginja said:

Picture seems the wrong way round, shouldn't the ACR be in front of the Datsun?

Probably coming up to lap them

[Ginja]

fatboy18 said:

Ginja said:

Picture seems the wrong way round, shouldn't the ACR be in front of the Datsun?

Probably coming up to lap them

Good point! Hadn't thought of that...

[acrman]

Like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-OZdW_uDXY

[MADMAX-UK]

fatboy18 said:

Does that mean I owe you more money?

Only if you're feeling flushed.
Different parcel Mark - nothing to do with air/oil separators.

[Ginja]

acrman said:

Like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-OZdW_uDXY

Ooh that sounds good

[neilsfishing]

Ginja said:

Ooh that sounds good

any moor

[ViperPict]

In my world:

"FedEx parcel arrives from USA - value, $32 - Lovely Jubbly and I'm more than happy with my new gift."

Ignore all further correspondence from FedEx.

The End.

[neilsfishing]

ViperPict said:

In my world:

"FedEx parcel arrives from USA - value, $32 - Lovely Jubbly and I'm more than happy with my new gift."

Ignore all further correspondence from FedEx.

The End.

Thats it

[mezzy]

Yeah, it is completely ridiculous to stick the *recipient* of a package with additional arbitrary 'handling fees'. What the hell!? You're a giant multinational haulage firm, it's your job to handle stuff! Certainly a charge of nearly 50% of the value of the delivery is ludicrous, unrepresentative of the work done and ought to be illegal under any sane government.

~must think calming thoughts~