Hello All,
This post is NOT about the Custom Fees on items $200.00 or greater that we all avoid like the plague unless it's a "must have" item. The problem I am
referencing came up in a post from a couple of years ago but this post is a bit different.
Per a member's recommendation here, I switched from LogicPaq to Vimenpaq probably 5 or 6 years ago. They are superb in every way except one. As you know, when you have to pay La Aduana, you have a ton of annoying hoops you have to jump through BESIDES paying the exorbitant tax. Vimenpaq hires staff to coordinate this processing between Customs and the client. It probably takes mere minutes of labor while sitting at a computer terminal for a Vimenpaq employee to process this transaction. A few years ago Vimenpaq began STEALING money by raising the processing fees so high that they nearly equal the Customs tax payment.
So, when I buy an item from Vimenpaq, rounding up a bit, I'm paying ~ 40% processing fees and tax. That's a $400.00 fee on a $1,000.00 item. Yeah, you guessed it, I want to buy something that costs $1,000.00 - $1,500.00 that doesn't exist here. For those who have experience with Domex, what are the processing fees like? If they are less than Vimenpaq's I may go with Domex. I do have an account with them but I have only purchased one small item.
This post is NOT about the Custom Fees on items $200.00 or greater that we all avoid like the plague unless it's a "must have" item. The problem I am
referencing came up in a post from a couple of years ago but this post is a bit different.
Per a member's recommendation here, I switched from LogicPaq to Vimenpaq probably 5 or 6 years ago. They are superb in every way except one. As you know, when you have to pay La Aduana, you have a ton of annoying hoops you have to jump through BESIDES paying the exorbitant tax. Vimenpaq hires staff to coordinate this processing between Customs and the client. It probably takes mere minutes of labor while sitting at a computer terminal for a Vimenpaq employee to process this transaction. A few years ago Vimenpaq began STEALING money by raising the processing fees so high that they nearly equal the Customs tax payment.
So, when I buy an item from Vimenpaq, rounding up a bit, I'm paying ~ 40% processing fees and tax. That's a $400.00 fee on a $1,000.00 item. Yeah, you guessed it, I want to buy something that costs $1,000.00 - $1,500.00 that doesn't exist here. For those who have experience with Domex, what are the processing fees like? If they are less than Vimenpaq's I may go with Domex. I do have an account with them but I have only purchased one small item.
