Shipping Overseas

ElvisP

I shipped a box overseas the first of May. It was less than 10 lbs. and cost $181 thru the USPS/fedex. Now I have received a bill from FedEx fro $328. Has this ever happened to you? The PO said they did not know if the PO would deliver or if FedEx would at the time of shipping but mentioned nothing about additional charges. Has this ever happened to any of you and if it did what did you do?

bishop

Did you get receipt or sign something when you dropped it off and paid. If so, what does it say ?

ElvisP

Yes it's on a usps/globalexpress FedEx receipt. Says postage is $162.90 and insurance is $19.00.

begsu1013

a lil unclear. was it actually usps or fedex?

if w/ fedex, how big was the box? you mighta got dinged w/ a "dimensional weight charge".

this is a charge on air packages for shipping something very light in a huge box. say, only 5lbs in a 24x24x24 box or something to that effect.

reasoning: plane space is valuable. and pricing is usually done per poundage, but they also factor in the area said package consumes.

ie. a normal 24x24x24 box should be at least say 12lbs at minimum, so that is the "dimensional weight".

so you were probably charged for the 12lb rate vs 5lb rate.

jackstraw

USPS uses FedEx planes I believe. That seems kind of weird though? They couldn't give you a price
etched in stone?

bishop

Any terms of fine print on the receipt

ElvisP

The receipt has both the USPS and FedEx logos on it. the lady at the PO has been there a long time and she said nothing about "may be additional charges". I did see on the invoice from FedEx that I was charged the 18 lb. rate and the actual weight was 5.9 lbs.

begsu1013

yep. musta been a big box and packed very, very securely?

and if usps does fwd mail to fedex planes, basically the usps lady dropped the ball and failed to warn you in regards to dimensional weight. so when it got to fedex and they did their check, they dim weighted ya and did a chargeback probably.

i learned the hard way, too. never forgot about it and took a sec to wrap my head around it, but i see why they do it...cant have a fedex 747 making a run of "feathers" based on weight.

a lesson that has stuck w/ me for the last 15 years.

welcome to the club, lemme get you your first beer!

i'd go back to the usps and see what they could do...maybe at least refund you the original amount paid due to failure to notify.

PMKAY

brokerage fees?