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Old 12-24-2019, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by FriarQuade View Post
UPS Saver is an air freight for the international part and ground once it's in the US. Shouldn't take more than a week once the holiday rush is done. Could be as fast as 3 days though.

I don't have any idea what your tax bill will be though.
I don't have recent experience, but if it goes through a premium carrier like FEDEX or UPS, they will usually charge you for customs, customs clearance--duty and taxes also likely.

It will usually show up later as a second invoice. I have found it is helpful to check the US duty rates for what you are shipping, and ask the shipper to attach a visible 'packing slip' with the approved Customs description for the category to which the item belongs and the applicable duty rate. Otherwise you are at the mercies of the monkeys that process it, and they will stick whatever random duty rate on it they find first and bill you for it.
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