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If they delivered it to you and then bill you for the brokerage later (I've had FedEx do this to me before) they say that if you dont pay the brokerage fee it goes back to the shipper. Not sure if UPS does that or not though..

And like it's been said, because of NAFTA we dont have to pay duty on items made in NAFTA countries (Canada, US, Mexico, etc), but if you're importing a non-NAFTA country made item you can be charged duty. What you usually pay is brokerage fees, which is just the courier's made-up fee of what they think going through customs is worth.

I guess since he's already shipped it there's not much you can do about it.. I know a lot of people say "mark it as a gift and you wont get charged anything", but that doesn't work.. I'm pretty sure Customs is a little smarter than that. If you label it as a warranty exchange or something supposedly you won't get charged taxes (since you already paid the taxes the first time you bought it, assumably).

Sounds like you already recieved the item though, did you get charged anything for it? Or attempted to be charged anything?