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Rumplestilt Skin
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931 Posts
7/02
Posted - Dec 14 2002 : 5:36AM
...letter to tell me I owe them duty.
£4.50 to send a letter.
Absolutely disgraceful! I'll never do business with the company that dropped me in the shite.
I worked out that I ACTUALLY PAID £21 each for the disks I orginally bought at a bargain £8 each.
Gabriel Nine
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Firecracker
1273 Posts
8/01
Posted - Dec 14 2002 : 6:01AM
Sorry to hear that. Having had the same sort of experience myself, I wrote to them politely asking them to justify this charge. No reply. They did cash my cheque immediately though. Funny that...
Rumplestilt Skin
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Posted - Dec 14 2002 : 7:32AM
@Gabriel...
I will avoid Fed-Ex in future.
Thanks for the reply, m8.
charlie
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uk
450 Posts
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Posted - Dec 14 2002 : 11:12AM
I learnt the same lesson as you early in my porn shopping history. I have never used FedEx or any other courier service since.

I'd rather take my chances with USPS. At least if C&E find it the admin charges are less than FedEx's.

Out of curiousity Rump how much tax & duty was added to the cost of the dvd's? Assuming the retailer declared the true value of your order, any tax & duty owed would have been paid upfront by FedEx. This is then claimed back from you plus their admin costs as you have just found out. £21 for a £8 dvd looks a bit steep.

Rumplestilt Skin
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931 Posts
7/02
Posted - Dec 14 2002 : 12:35PM
@Charlie...
It was a few £8 dvds in the package. I paid the Fed-Ex $18 shipping plus £24 tax, AND a WHOPPING £4.50 ADMIN charge.
Daylight robbery!
What I mean is that if you total up all the "extras" in tax and shipping, and that bleedin' admin charge, the £8 "bargain" dvds cost me £21 each.
Hardly a bargain.
I have certainly learned my lesson too.
Fed-Ex can stick their service up their @rse!
Regards, Rump.[:D
 
Hardz
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Hell on Earth
877 Posts
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Posted - Dec 15 2002 : 4:38AM
Fed-Ex $18 shipping = FiveStarDvd.com value declaration strikes again !
Ramsey
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Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Dec 15 2002 : 6:43AM
Gamelink has used Fed-Ex a couple of times to send me DVD's and I never had any problems.
Rumplestilt Skin
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931 Posts
7/02
Posted - Dec 15 2002 : 8:01AM
How about if I send Fed-Ex a £20 bill, MY OWN VERSION OF AN ADMIN FEE.
The time I spent dealing with their letter.
Two can play at that game.
Gabriel Nine
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Firecracker
1273 Posts
8/01
Posted - Dec 15 2002 : 9:31AM
I don't have a problem using courier delivery, as long as you use retailers who don't do what Hardz mentions. FiveStar have great service IMHO but this is a reason not to use them.
I guess it's unlikely (@ Rumplestilt Skin) that you'll want to use Fed Ex again anyway, but if you don't pay them then you may have some problems. I don't know exactly, but it's not worth getting into the shit about it, know what I mean? But do write and complain, the more letters they get the better. As I've said before, £4.50 for a bit of paper, an envelope and postage? Do me a favour. It's money for old rope.
Rumplestilt Skin
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931 Posts
7/02
Posted - Dec 15 2002 : 9:52AM
@Gabriel
It's more than money for old rope. It's a scandal.
So in theory they could just ask for any admin fee they wanted?
£14.40?
£44.50?
Am I being silly? Well I think £4.50 is silly.
And don't worry, I am gonna complain.
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