Tax and Duty to USA New Options Offered

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Agreed!

Difficulty with Royal Mail is that the maximum package size is 2kg and the fastest service is around 3-4 days. FedEx more often than not is next day to the US so both are can be useful.

I had no idea that there was such a restrictive weight limit for Royal Mail! Is that for a particular class of post? I've gotten boxes from a pewter caster that I KNOW were over 2kg and came RM Small Packet.
Is it a new limit?? I learn something new every day.

The weird thing is that limit certainly doesn't exist for incoming product to the UK- I've shipped more than a few packages (usually horsehair sporrans & full belt sets) that have been over that limit.

You're right though, if someone needs Overnight or 2 day international FedEx is probably the only game in town.

I have to admit Fedex look after us well.

They are the cheapest option for us shipping across the Atlantic for larger packages, and reach most zip codes the very next day. I find Royal Mail to take on average 5 working days and unfortunately experience some much longer delays.

That $30 broker charge for me seems a little steep. I've been charged a similar broker fee for parcels delivered by Royal Mail. By building in the taxes at this side I'd expect both customer and ourselves to avoid broker fees.

Ah, that's a different animal all-together. If all fees (taxes, shipping, brokerage) are upfront then it would be an excellent option to offer!

@Fergus- Thank you!

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