Can you apeal a UPS fee?

[S.F.W.]

So Iordered the XM radio and NAV unit that plugs into my Pioneer head unit. Not availble in Canada, but I bought one about three months used from another forum. Retail on the unit is$199 US, plus subsciption. I purchased for $175US with a 12 month subscription. The seller wa supposed to ship fedex Ground, and shipped UPS instead. Today, I come home, and UPS has visited, and left me with a notice. The brokerage fee due is $82.25 , WTF!!!!
Do I have any options?, or just bring my vasoline, and take it like a champ?

[sbmonkey]

Sign up for that class-action lawsuit!
That's absolutely ridiculous. And complain to the seller for shipping UPS!

[b]

For the mean time... lube up... LOL

[swales]

Even if they had shipped Fed EX, you would still be hit up for about the same amount in brokerage fees

[TheProfessor]

If the seller declared the item as being worth $175USD either on the bill of lading and/or on some sort of a commercial invoice, then there's not much you can do. I had UPS once charge me something crazy like $250CAD for an amp I bought used through the US. The seller had marked on the waybill the full MSRP of a new one ($800) even though I only paid around half. I had him call UPS and say that he made a mistake, and that he meant to write $80. They asked for it in writing, which the seller was kind enough to do, and the bill was reduced to around $60 ;D

Other than trying something like that, I think you're SOL.

[Nextmod]

you cant really do anything.

its the right amount they charged you.

if it was a wrong amount for example they charged you customs fees for $1000 instead of a $100 then yes there is something you can do about it. (but that would still take a year to do so) I know cause I have done it and it took about a year before I got my money back.

UPS is not stupid, they know that you guys will try to use another company because of the high bokerage fees. so thats why they charge a very low shipping cost. (more reason for the shipping to use them) but at the end the receiver will pay around $30-$40 more on brokerage feed to balance out the low shipping price lol

[iconicrocket]

Ouch...


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[Cardinal Fang]

You're screwed S.F.W.