Is there any way that this ridiculous charge could be challenged? Who at some high level could contact Pitney Bowes and get this made fairer? What exactly does this fee entail? I could possibly accept that the GST is included? 
For you, k1000-slr-sales, I present this lovely dancing turkey.
@ k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:
see, I am able to admit when I get something wrong.
Can you see where your GST calculation is wrong?
SpoilerI can!
I really thought anni would come back to refute my post saying that they had an error in calculating the GST on that item, but they haven’t yet.
Anyway, here is the breakdown:
Item BIN price US$319
Postage US$21.78
Import charges US$41.51
So, the GST on the item+postage would be 10% of US$319+US$21.78 = US$340.78/10 = US$34.08
The import charge is made up of the GST plus a PB charge for collection of GST and processing documentation. In this case the PB component of the US$41.51 is US$41.51 - US$34.08 = US$7.43
Here’s where many members, self included, can make some calculation errors. The PB charge is subject to GST i.e. GST is charged on the fee applied by PB to collect GST (ouch!). So, 1/11th of that PB charge is GST as that charge is GST inclusive. For this item that is 1/11th of US$7.43 = US$0.68
If the exchange rate used is averaged from the rates shown in the jpg ($21.78/$29.99 = $0.72624, $319/$439.18 = $0.72635) at $0.7263
TOTAL GST is therefore US$34.08 + US$0.68 = US$34.76 = A$47.86
Minor differences in this total occur depending on the exchange rate used (item price calc or postage calc) and when exchange rate is applied i.e. before or after calculating 10%GST. But these would only mean a difference of cents, not dollars.
So, anni had a GST calculation of A$46.19 when the actual GST is A$47.86
