Hazmat fees

stagpanther · May 11, 2024, 06:33 PM

Anyone else notice that they have recently gone up by 50% or more?

FITASC · May 11, 2024, 07:44 PM

Not seeing 50%, at least where I buy from, but they are closer to $30 than they are to $20

tjmga · May 12, 2024, 10:44 PM

Who gets the hazmat fee. Does this go to the seller?

lll Otto lll · May 12, 2024, 10:57 PM

^ in general, HazMat fees go to the carrier. Most retailers charge you what the actual fee is. But some retailers charge more than the actual fee and profit from it. And lastly, some retailers absorb the entire cost and you don’t pay a HazMat fee at all. HazMat fees are not mandated or collected by the government.

cptjack · May 13, 2024, 03:21 AM

powder valley 22.00

stagpanther · May 13, 2024, 06:19 AM

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^ in general, HazMat fees go to the carrier. Most retailers charge you what the actual fee is. But some retailers charge more than the actual fee and profit from it. And lastly, some retailers absorb the entire cost and you don’t pay a HazMat fee at all. HazMat fees are not mandated or collected by the government.

Carriers have increased their fees according to what I've seen on some final price calculations.

FITASC · May 13, 2024, 09:15 PM

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But some retailers charge more than the actual fee and profit from it. And lastly, some retailers absorb the entire cost and you don’t pay a HazMat fee at all.

Most don't profit, as they have incidental costs like training, paperwork, costs associated with remitting the hazmat fees, etc.

akinswi · May 13, 2024, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by stagpanther

Anyone else notice that they have recently gone up by 50% or more?

Interesting I felt like this is one thing that went down in the last 5 years, Midway use to charge 49.00 Haz mat now its like 20.00

tjmga · May 16, 2024, 09:47 PM

Thanks OTTO for the reply.
tj

FITASC · May 16, 2024, 09:58 PM

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in general, HazMat fees go to the carrier. Most retailers charge you what the actual fee is. But some retailers charge more than the actual fee and profit from it. And lastly, some retailers absorb the entire cost and you don’t pay a HazMat fee at all. HazMat fees are not mandated or collected by the government.

Sorry,
TANSTAAFL - no one absorbs anything - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
that cost is built in somewhere along the line

May 11, 2024, 06:33 PM	#1
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May 11, 2024, 07:44 PM	#2
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,467	Not seeing 50%, at least where I buy from, but they are closer to $30 than they are to $20 __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

May 12, 2024, 10:44 PM	#3
tjmga Member Join Date: May 19, 2013 Posts: 25	HAZMAT FEE Who gets the hazmat fee. Does this go to the seller?

May 12, 2024, 10:57 PM	#4
lll Otto lll Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 2008 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 301	^ in general, HazMat fees go to the carrier. Most retailers charge you what the actual fee is. But some retailers charge more than the actual fee and profit from it. And lastly, some retailers absorb the entire cost and you don’t pay a HazMat fee at all. HazMat fees are not mandated or collected by the government.

May 13, 2024, 03:21 AM	#5
cptjack Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2014 Posts: 315	powder valley 22.00

May 16, 2024, 09:47 PM	#9
tjmga Member Join Date: May 19, 2013 Posts: 25	Thanks OTTO for the reply. tj