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The handling fee should be €0.00, partly because the system should be fully digital and automated in today's world, and partly because dealing with customs is a

• supermatt 10mo ago
  Totally agree. Although that 0.99 with free shipping is exactly because of the backwards way international postage works - and that is what needs to change. It should be changed so any necessary handling fees for consumer purchases are fully included in the shipping price. It will mean no free shipping from temu on a 0.99 item, but those zero/low shipment items are literally what has prompted this €3 levy in the first place.
• magicalhippo 10mo ago
  > because dealing with customs is a required part of shipping a parcel overseas, which the sender has already paid for Obviously if the shipment is DDP then the customer wouldn't have to do the customs clearance and wouldn't pay in addition for the handling. This solution would only be for DAP or similar[1]. DigiKey for example allows you to select between different incoterms, but most shops have a "take it or leave it" approach, and usually DAP as DDP is a lot more risky for the seller. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incoterms#DAP_%E2%80%93_Delivered_At_Place_(named_place_of_destination) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incoterms#DAP_%E2%80%93_Delive...