Electronics & Appliances Fedex processing fee?

I got a parcel coming in from hong kong supposed to be paid for.

Now i receive this text:

"Good pm would like to inform that your shipment w/ tracking no. 488522871xxx already arrived in manila via fedex from HK. Informing you as well about the Local Processing charges amounting Php 576.80, Please confirm before we proceed for the delivery, thanks"

I asked them to send me an email with the invoice what this is about, sounds like some scam to me. I cant find any information online about processing fee and its worth under 10k php so it cant be import tax.

Just hate this txting for official business. Send me a proper email with an official invoice but this is to vague for me. Did anyone experienced like this and what did you do? The tracking number seems okay and this is the info i get, see picture.

On first attempt the parcel got returned because of the battery i guess. Maybe this is the resending cost?

 

just bite your lip and pay it man, several times i have bought from over seas, paid all taxes and fees and still got the text too, if you dont pay it, you wont see your item,

 

Na, i will wait what they do. Never had this bs for the last 6 years but now i do remember why i never used fedex again. And that was before the 10k php exempted import tax rule.

It was the choice of the hk chinese to use fedex. He can solve this or they can send it back. I dont care.

Its not an important item and i will just get my refund if it won't arive.

Not paying like 10% processing bs.

Was just wondering how others respond to a txt to pay 560php to receive your already paid stuff.

 

I used SCAM-X one time and I will never use them again. I always check with the seller as to how and who is the shipper. If they ship SCAM-X I ask if they can ship snail mail. It they only ship SCAM-X I do not order.

 

Sure thats one way of doing it, put it back on the seller, but they might state, they fulfilled their side of the bargain, I'm just saying if you choose not to pay it, they will not send it, they will wait and see then, what will happen is it will be magically paid .......and grow legs

 

Problem solved, the hk chinese sender paid for it and i received the package. All very friendly.
I told him not to use fedex anymore because of this bullshit. They changed to DHL now.

It is a Warehouse Processing Charges on the invoice they gave me...
I don't care if they use a warehouse, a motorbike to deliver or transport it on a skateboard.
Fedex was paid in hong kong to deliver it to me, seems like bullshit to charge a part of that process separately to the receiving party.

I understand if there is import taxes, that is everywhere around the world. But to pay for receiving a parcel, only in the ph...

 

The delivery boy explained he really worked for Fedex, not a local courier. I know sometimes i get deliveries via Air21 when it was send by UPS, but they never charge me extra for that.

But this today all looked like handled by Fedex. Anyway, i will just make sure never to use them anymore.

There are mail-forwarding services from usa for al your ebay and amazon orders witch gives mostly a much better price is my experience at no extra bs cost at delivery.

I have no experience with this ebay global shipping, but if it works for you... never change a working machine!