FSCK - here's an example of the greed of Post DK
Wow even get charged $5 VAT on the fee, talk about getting reamed.
That is UPS levels of extortion.
In Portugal is the same. If DHL, TNT or UPS do receive a parcel for you that needs to clear customs, they will send you a bill with how much you have to pay regarding customs plus a 60€ of "Handling Fee" that is basically their tax for the documents needed to clear customs plus their work.
Even if you say that you don't want to pay that tax and don't want them to do anything, you can do the clearing of customs by yourself they don't allow it, saying that they have "special treatment" with the customs office and that doesn't allow end customers to do such job.
Because of that if possible all parcels that I received after that was always going via EMS, slower but it's me who takes care of the documentation.
By the way the documentation is 10€ for the customs office if you pay or not. If it stops and you have to show proof of an invoice or the price you bought the item, you are already paying 10€ just for they printing a sheet of paper saying you don't need to pay. I don't know if now is different since the Postal Service in Portugal changed hands from the Government to a Private, with an IPO some years ago but I know that now a lot more parcels stop than before. But a LOT MORE!