If you don't pay, someone else will get the bill.

Nothing is formally imported without a customs bond posted.  The
broker likely used their own bond when they cleared the shipment.
The shipper will end up paying the bill if you don't and they will
charge it back to the people you bought the parts from.

Steve
SKL Enterprises Inc.
http://EuroCampers.com

888-797-5994 - orders
636-337-7700 - customer service

On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Alan Felder wrote:

> I recently ordered some parts from Great Britain.  I have ordered
> parts from
> Great Britain and other European countries before, but not from this
> particular vendor.  There were some heavier items than I normally
> would have
> shipped so far such as a pair of front shocks.  This vendor uses a
> worldwide
> shipper similar to (but not) FedEx.  The day these parts arrived, I
> received
> a phone call and later a letter from an IBC Customs Brokerage Co.
> stating
> that I owed them $28plus for customs duties.
>
> This has never happened before, and I will be amazed if customs
> allowed a
> package through without requiring payment FIRST.  Any other
> shipment from
> wherever (Asia, Australia, Europe, etc.) customs charges were built
> in to
> the shipping cost (thats one reason they are so darn expensive).
> Has anyone
> had this happen to them?
>
> The amount is not that big of a deal but I feel like I am being
> scammed for
> something I have already paid for.
>
> --
> Alan Felder
> Austin TX
> 82 Diesel Westy
>