USA FedEx Charging Duties Tax on Order from ESG?!

[mrZoSo]

Just received a letter from FedEx and they want me to pay a Duties Tax on an order from ESG!
$1.46 - Customs Duty
$20.00 - US FDA Admin Processing Fee
$7.00 - Advancement Fee
$28.46 - Total

First they hold my order for 3 days and now this!
What really bugs me the most, I talked to FedEx twice when they where holding it, and they never once mentioned I would be hit with this!! Shame on you FedEx!!

Getting GG internationally is starting to get costly.

Nothing against ESG, the service and support has been top notch in my book! Same with Bitfumo and The Golden Greek store in Spain. But I really hope Imeo finds a dependable and just as supportive shop in the USA for the GG products and spare parts.

OK, I'm done venting,,, vape on people!

 

[mudmanc4]

Just received a letter from FedEx and they want me to pay a Duties Tax on an order from ESG!
$1.46 - Customs Duty
$20.00 - US FDA Admin Processing Fee
$7.00 - Advancement Fee
$28.46 - Total

First they hold my order for 3 days and now this!
What really bugs me the most, I talked to FedEx twice when they where holding it, and they never once mentioned I would be hit with this!! Shame on you FedEx!!

Getting GG internationally is starting to get costly.

Nothing against ESG, the service and support has been top notch in my book! Same with Bitfumo and The Golden Greek store in Spain. But I really hope Imeo finds a dependable and just as supportive shop in the USA for the GG products and spare parts.

OK, I'm done venting,,, Vape on people!

I hear you

 

[stevegmu]

What did they put on the customs form, biologics?

 

[mrZoSo]

All I see on it is:
'Stainless steel ecig parts, no tobacco nor liquid'
Nothing about biologics

 

[imeothanasis]

Mr, I do understand your problem. I am in conversation with 2 USA sellers right now and I hope that they will soon sell my products

 

[Beco]

If ESG sells tax free it is OK to pay customs fees in USA
All reputable shops sell without VAT outside EU.
So you should get GG stuff for 23% less if you are buying outside EU

 

[mrZoSo]

Mr, I do understand your problem. I am in conversation with 2 USA sellers right now and I hope that they will soon sell my products

Wish I had more time, otherwise I would do it and run a GG store from my home!

 

[fright88]

Mr, I do understand your problem. I am in conversation with 2 USA sellers right now and I hope that they will soon sell my products

that is great info we've needed a us vendor for some time.

 

[monkkx]

as far as I know, ESG do not sell tax free for non-EU customers, and that's the problem: many will be taxed twice and that's really really not good.
Many online EU shops manage properly VAT, including some GG sellers, unfortunatly not yet ESG for some reasons. I really hope it'll change since the price tag is significant

 

[RiverNut]

Just received a letter from FedEx and they want me to pay a Duties Tax on an order from ESG!
$1.46 - Customs Duty
$20.00 - US FDA Admin Processing Fee
$7.00 - Advancement Fee
$28.46 - Total

First they hold my order for 3 days and now this!
What really bugs me the most, I talked to FedEx twice when they where holding it, and they never once mentioned I would be hit with this!! Shame on you FedEx!!

Getting GG internationally is starting to get costly.

Nothing against ESG, the service and support has been top notch in my book! Same with Bitfumo and The Golden Greek store in Spain. But I really hope Imeo finds a dependable and just as supportive shop in the USA for the GG products and spare parts.

OK, I'm done venting,,, Vape on people!

I've been stuck with this too in the past. It's the $20.00 FDA "processing" fee that hits my nerve. WTH are they processing??

 

[stevegmu]

I've been stuck with this too in the past. It's the $20.00 FDA "processing" fee that hits my nerve. WTH are they processing??

I looked up that fee. It's for biologics...

 

[RiverNut]

I looked up that fee. It's for biologics...

I don't understand. What does biologics have to do with metal parts?

 

[mrZoSo]

I looked up that fee. It's for biologics...

Not questioning what you found, but how do you know that the processing fee is for biologics?
Nothing is mentioned about biologics on the paper work they sent me.

I don't understand. What does biologics have to do with metal parts?

According to FDA:
Biological products include a wide range of products such as vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and recombinant therapeutic proteins. Biologics can be composed of sugars, proteins, or nucleic acids or complex combinations of these substances, or may be living entities such as cells and tissues.

So, What does biologics have to do with metal parts?
Going by the above, it should have absolutely nothing to do with metal parts!

 

[stevegmu]

When I looked up that fee, I found it was associated with the shipment of bio logics. No idea why you were charged it, but that is what I found for that fee...

 

[RiverNut]

Maybe it's just a random BS fee for funding their Biologics department. I hate "fees"! They are never contested, and the imposers know it. Look at your cable bill or hotel bill...fee for this and a fee for that...utter BS. It's just another way of collecting taxes.

 

[kde01]

as far as I know, ESG do not sell tax free for non-EU customers, and that's the problem: many will be taxed twice and that's really really not good.
Many online EU shops manage properly VAT, including some GG sellers, unfortunatly not yet ESG for some reasons. I really hope it'll change since the price tag is significant

AFAIK it's not ESG's choice, it's the Greek government. The Greek government forces sellers I Greece to provide tax receipts for all sales and never considered how that may impact online vendors.

 

[jesseseetai]

hey guys, i will be putting in an order soon with Imeo soon... so head over to this thread and let me know what you would like to see in a USA store.

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/usa-gg-store-order-list.703655/